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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00KINSHASA8501MORJANE ADDRESSES DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY
[...] AMBASSADOR MORJANE ADDRESSED THE ENTIRE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY DECEMBER 21 TO SUMMARIZE THE POLITICAL/MILITARY SITUATION IN THE DRC AT YEAR'S END, AND TO COMMUNICATE THE DIRECTION OF MONUC IN LIGHT OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1332. 2. OVERALL, MORJANE VIEWED THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY IN THE DRC AS " [...]
2000-12-22 07:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CG
00RABAT5272MOROCCO: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. A. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF TERRORISM DIRECTED AGAINST UNITED STATES (U.S.) CITIZENS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT (USG) FACILITIES IN MOROCCO. THE GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO (G [...]
2000-11-30 16:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
01ABUJA1439ECOWAS: KOUYATE'S OAU CANDIDACY (ROUND TWO)
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate on June 18. Regional issues, particularly Liberia, were the focus of their exchange (septel). Kouyate, in a private sidebar, also asked once again for USG support for his candidacy for Secretary General of the OAU, as [...]
2001-06-22 09:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL NI ECOWAS OAU
01ABUJA2687NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED EAGER ABOUT SUDAN, PERPLEXED
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 16 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed stated that Nigeria, actively engaged on Sudan, would host a "3-in-1" conference ultimately bringing together the Southern factions, Northern opposition and Bashir Government negotiators around one conference [...]
2001-10-20 08:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU CG XA NI
01KINSHASA419KABILA LAID TO REST
[...] (C) SUMMARY --------------- IN A DIGNIFIED, WELL ORGANIZED SIX-HOUR CEREMONY, PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA WAS BURIED JANUARY 23 IN THE PRESENCE OF SIX AFRICAN PRESIDENTS, AND NEARLY A DOZEN OTHER HIGH-LEVEL FOREIGN DELEGATIONS ALMOST ALL OF WHOM DEPARTED KINSHASA BEFORE NIGHTFALL. SECURITY WA [...]
2001-01-24 11:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
01PRETORIA4997NEXT STEPS IN THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE": THE
[...] (C) THE AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT LAST JULY MERGED THE MAP AND OMEGA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO CREATE THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE." SAG DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAP/NAI ISSUES COORDINATOR DAVID MALCOMSON BRIEFED EMBOFFS ON NEXT STEPS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PROCESS. INITIALLY A 15 NATION HE [...]
2001-08-24 13:32:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL SF
01RABAT3231MOROCCO: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. KING MOHAMMED VI AND THE GOM STRONGLY CONDEMNED THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11 AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. FOL [...]
2001-12-14 18:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
01TUNIS325GOVERNMENT SHAKE-UP: OBSERVERS SEE INCREASINGLY
[...] (C) IN NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS SINCE THE JANUARY 23 GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLING (REFTEL),TUNISIAN AND DIPLOMATIC OBSERVERS HAVE ALMOST INVARIABLY DESCRIBED THE SHAKE-UP AS SOMETHING OF A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS AND A SIGN OF PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S FIRM PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN [...]
2001-02-09 08:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB KDEM PHUM TS
02ABUJA1465NIGERIA: 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 13:10:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM NI
02ABUJA496PROFILE OF A NIGERIAN SEX TRAFFICKING RING
[...] No summary [...]
2002-02-14 10:03:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM PREF NI GN
02ABUJA622LIBERIA: JOHNSON SIRLEAF BELIEVES LURD THREAT IS
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 22 meeting at my residence, Liberian opposition leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (EJS) told me the security situation in Liberia was difficult to read. While acknowledging the LURD's ability to disrupt and raid areas closer to Monrovia, she did not think the rebel gro [...]
2002-02-26 14:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS LI NI ECOWAS
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 13:54:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM NI
02AMMAN3084JORDAN: MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE SURVEY
[...] Following are answers to the questions posed in reftel. We would be happy to provide more detailed answers on request. Jordan already has a large, well-functioning micro-finance sector that is supported by USAID and other institutions. As a general observation, we believe that a regional in [...]
2002-06-11 11:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JO
02AMMAN4060 JORDAN: 2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]
2002-07-23 07:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
02AMMAN5212JORDAN GEARS UP FOR ARAB FREE TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WITH TRADE WITH OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES MAKING UP A SIZEABLE PORTION OF ITS OVERALL TRADE, JORDAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO EMBRACE THE ARAB FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (AFTA),WHICH AIMS AT CREATING AN ARAB FREE TRADE AREA BY 2005. INDEED, SINCE ENTERING INTO FORCE, JORDAN HAS [...]
2002-09-12 12:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JO
02AMMAN6710ARAB CIVITAS NETWORK ANNOUNCED IN AMMAN
[...] SUMMARY: 25 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 8 ARAB COUNTRIES GATHERED AT JORDAN'S DEAD SEA MOVENPICK, NOVEMBER 1-4, 2002 TO ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL ARAB CIVITAS NETWORK TO BE BASED IN AMMAN. THE WORKSHOP, MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH AN AID WASHINGTON GRANT TO THE CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION A [...]
2002-11-17 12:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC SCUL JO AID
02FRANKFURT10187FOURTH REPORT ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM TRIAL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: This report summarizes the events at the Frankfurt terrorism trial from July to September 2002. Four Algerian and one Moroccan (listed below) are accused of planning an attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market in December 2000 and bomb building materials were found in their F [...]
2002-11-04 14:46:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PGOV AG GM
02HARARE1737BUDGET MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (SBU) USAID/Zimbabwe's Democracy and Governance Team Leader, Stephanie Funk, and Senior Democracy Advisor, Deprose Muchena, attended a budget meeting of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Lands and Agriculture. The Committee has oversight responsibility for two Ministries: the Ministry [...]
2002-07-29 05:03:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PGOV ZI
02ISTANBUL2088 REVIEW OF THE FULBRIGHT GLOBAL WOMEN'S
[...] SUMMARY. PA Istanbul cooperated with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in executing the first-ever Fulbright-sponsored conference bringing together 110 r 110 women from the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia to focus on the role of women as leaders in [...]
2002-11-29 12:12:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL TU
02KHARTOUM162 THE CHANGED FACE OF POLITICAL ISLAM IN SUDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE REMOVAL OF TURABI IN 1999 EFFECTED A REVERSAL IN SUDAN'S POLITICAL APPROACH TOWARD ISLAM, EVEN THOUGH THE PERSONNEL OF THE REGIME OTHERWISE REMAINED LARGELY IN PLACE. THE REGIME MAINTAINS RELATIVELY TIGHT CONTROL OVER THE MOSQUES, IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS RATHER THAN FOMENT ISLA [...]
2002-08-23 16:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SU
02ROME2565WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER:TWO WEEKS TO GO
[...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE UPDATES ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE JUNE 10-13 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) MEETING IN ROME, JUNE 10-13, 2002. SOME 50 HEADS OF STATE/HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ARE EXPECTED, MOSTLY FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ITALY, SPAIN, BELGIUM AND SWEDEN ARE THE ONLY OECD HEADS OF [...]
2002-05-28 12:40:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME2648 SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] DESPITE PRECIPITOUSLY DECLINING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMMES FOR RWANDA, ZAMBIA AND BOLIVIA, WITH A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF USD (U.S. DOLLARS) 116.3 MILLION. A COUNTRY STRATEGY OUTLINE (CSO) WAS APPROVED FOR ETHIOPIA. BUDGET INCREASES FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...]
2002-05-31 14:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME3357 EU TAKES ON TERM LIMITS FOR FAO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. THE EU PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN GIVEN A MANDATE IN ROME TO SEEK SUPPORT AMONG ALL REGIONAL GROUPS FOR A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE FAO BASIC TEXTS TO REINSTITUTE DIRECTOR GENERAL TERM LIMITS. THE EU INITIATIVE STRENGTHENS THE EXISTING GENEVA GROUP DECISION TO TAKE UP [...]
2002-07-09 11:56:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KUNR FAO
02ROME5446 REPORT OF 123RD FAO COUNCIL
[...] SUMMARY: DURING THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZTION (FAO) COUNCIL'S 123RD SESSION (OCTOBER 28- OVEMBER 2),THE U.S. DELEGATION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ENSURING THAT THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF AN INTERSSSIONAL "FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR" GROUP ON DIRECTOR ENERAL TERM LIMITS DID NOT PREJUDGE THE OUTCOM [...]
2002-11-07 12:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR KUNR FAO EAG
03ABUDHABI1414UAE: 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 13:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
03ABUDHABI1768BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK
[...] REFTEL REQUESTED POST CONDUCT A PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON MIDDLE EAST OPTRONICS, LISTED AS THE FOREIGN CONSIGNEE ON DTC CASE #TA-1017-03, WHICH PROPOSES THE TRANSFER BY FLIR SYSTEMS OF TECHNICAL DATA FOR THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF FLIR THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT TO MIDDLE EAST OPTRONICS. 2. [...]
2003-04-14 04:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC TC
03ABUDHABI1811 MEDIA REACTION: THREATS TO SYRIA CONTROL OF IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA, U.S. CONTROL OF IRAQ, AND TODAY'S MEETING IN NASSERIYA FOR IRAQI COMMUNITY LEADERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT SYRIA IS NOT THE ONLY TARGET. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE IRAQI OPPOSITION MEE [...]
2003-04-15 09:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2641 UAE TO SUPPORT JORDAN OIL NEEDS FOR
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid contacted the Ambassador on June 2 to convey information about the UAEG's ongoing assistance to Jordan and Morocco. With regard to Jordan, Hamdan reported that the UAE has agreed to co [...]
2003-06-03 12:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET EAID PGOV JO MO SA KU TC
03ABUDHABI2744 UAE REACTION TO AQABA AND SHARM
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: UAE reaction to last week's summits in Sharm El-Sheikh and Aqaba has been a mixture of appreciation for the President's personal engagement, skepticism about Sharon's ultimate commitment to a peacefu [...]
2003-06-09 10:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG TC
03ABUDHABI2895 AMBASSADOR PRESSES UAEG ON ZAYID
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador has repeatedly engaged the senior UAEG leadership on the need to make substantive changes at the controversial Abu Dhabi-based, Arab League-affiliated and UAEG-funded Zayid Center fo [...]
2003-06-16 13:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2966 AMBASSADOR PRESSES UAEG ON ZAYID
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador has repeatedly engaged the senior UAEG leadership on the need to make substantive changes at the controversial Abu Dhabi-based, Arab League-affiliated and UAEG-funded Zayid Center fo [...]
2003-06-22 10:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI311 EXTRANCHECK: PRELICENSE CHECK CSI MIDDLE EAST
[...] ON 17 DEC COMMERCIAL OFFICER MARY O'BRIEN MET WITH EMAD BITAR OF CSI MIDDLE EAST AND COR CORBEEK OF EMERSON EUROPE REGARDING PRELICENSE CHECK RQUESTED IN REFTEL. 2. EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT, FORMERLY EMERSON ELECTRIC, HAS RECENTLY PURCHASED COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS, INC, (CSI) OF KNOXVIL [...]
2003-01-21 04:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI3416CPA Senior Advisor Slocombe Meets UAE Chief of Staff
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-23 09:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3680AFGHANISTAN -- TRAVEL OF PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) Shaykh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE, is currently vacationing at his villa in France near Geneva. We expect him to continue his vacation in Morocco. Our MFA Protocol contacts were not able to pinpoint his date of return to Abu Dhabi. Because of Sh. Zayed's adva [...]
2003-08-10 10:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OTRA KU QA TC AF
03ABUDHABI4285 SHAYKH HAMDAN: TIME FOR ISRAELIS TO SUPPORT U.S.
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on Sep 20, 2003, Min of State for Foreign Affairs and Presidential son, Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HBZ),told the Ambassador that the US veto of the UN resolution regarding Israel's decision to expel Arafat came as a surprise to the UAE given our position aga [...]
2003-09-21 09:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC TC
03ABUDHABI50 EXTRANCHECK: PRELICENSE CHECK CSI MIDDLE EAST
[...] ON 17 DEC COMMERCIAL OFFICER MARY O'BRIEN MET WITH EMAD BITAR OF CSI MIDDLE EAST AND COR CORBEEK OF EMERSON EUROPE REGARDING PRELICENSE CHECK RQUESTED IN REFTEL. 2. EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT, FORMERLY EMERSON ELECTRIC, HAS RECENTLY PURCHASED COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS, INC, (CSI) OF KNOXVILLE [...]
2003-01-07 06:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI53902004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY ----------------------------- The UAE in 2003 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common [...]
2003-12-23 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MCAP MARR MASS TC
03ABUJA1246NIGERIA: ABUBAKAR ON ECOWAS LIBERIA FORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Kansteiner, former Nigerian Head of State General Abdulsalaam Abubakar discussed the proposed deployment of an ECOWAS force and the establishment of a transitional government in Liberia. Abubakar said Nigerian [...]
2003-07-22 16:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS LI NI ECOWAS
03ABUJA515TRAFFICKING 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 16:06:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
03AMMAN1620JORDANIAN BANKS: WILL WEATHER STORM, BUT FACE
[...] (SBU) While fundamentally sound, the Jordanian banking sector faces a number of short- and long-term challenges: Exposure to a military conflict with Iraq, a surplus of banks, high infrastructure costs, and implementation of modern banking and technological advances that are only now beginnin [...]
2003-03-18 14:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ETRD JO
03AMMAN2928MEDIA REACTION ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-19 11:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3205Invitations to Foreign/Trade Ministers Event
[...] Post received the following two letters from Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher for transmission to Secretary Powell and Ambassador Zoellick. The letters are identical with the exception of portions marked with parentheses. Originals have been faxed to NEA/ARN. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. Se [...]
2003-06-02 13:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL OVIP JO POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN3830A/USTR NOVELLI'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH TRADE
[...] (sbu) Summary: A/USTR Novelli discussed the President's MEFTA plans, US-Jordan FTA follow-up, and QIZ's with Trade Minister Salah Eddin al Bashir in a June 21 meeting on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea. Novelli and Bashir also discussed the possibility of expeditious [...]
2003-06-26 12:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV IS JO
03AMMAN3870MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-29 10:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3991Secretary Powell/Trade Rep Zoellick Discuss
[...] (SBU) King Abdullah convened a breakfast meeting June 23 with Secretary Powell and Trade Representative Zoellick at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Jordan to discuss the President's Middle East free trade initiative with the heads of Arab delegations to the WEF. Participating Arab m [...]
2003-07-01 14:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV JO XF
03AMMAN4735SUPPORTING THE ROADMAP: BUILDING REGIONAL ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is a joint Amman-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Aqaba summit and the Dead Sea WEF conference have generated new hopes for expanded economic activity between Jordan, Israel and -- to a lesser extent -- the West Bank/Gaza. Jordan is particularly em [...]
2003-07-30 11:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL IS JO
03AMMAN4807 SESAME-SOWING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Second SESAME (Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Council meeting, hosted in Istanbul in mid-July, yielded a productive discussion among the regional members on key issues such as upgrading of the synchrotron machine, future scie [...]
2003-08-03 12:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN
03AMMAN4929 JORDAN: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]
2003-08-06 07:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
03AMMAN5798 ARAB TELECOM REGULATORS NETWORK: READY FOR PRIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) hosted the first preparatory meeting for the Arab Telecommunications Regulators Network (ATRN) on August 28-29 in Amman, Jordan. Delegates from twelve countries created a permanent Secretariat and produced a series [...]
2003-09-10 09:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECPS KMPI JO
03AMMAN6456 UNRWA DONOR MEETING HIGHLIGHTS INCREASING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Discussion at the September 23-25 UNRWA donor meetings focused on the ever-increasing gap between Palestinian refugees' needs and UNRWA's stagnant financial base. Continuing conflict in the West Bank and Gaza have led to increased demands for UNRWA services, while chronic und [...]
2003-10-08 10:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG JO
03AMMAN6917JORDANIAN VIEWS ON THE OSCE AND ITS MEDITERRANEAN
[...] SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting at the October 20-21 Aqaba OSCE seminar, U.S. and Jordanian officials discussed the Jordanian vision for the OSCE,s six Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation. While upbeat on OSCE principles and the partners, continued participation with the OSCE, the Jordanian [...]
2003-10-27 12:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL JO OSCE
03AMMAN7068BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS
[...] (C) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous Jordanian cabinet, western-educated, Muslim, "East Bankers" dominate the newly-appointed, slimmer, 21-member cabinet of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez. We count seven Jordanians of Palestinian origin ("West Bankers" [...]
2003-10-30 15:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL KDEM KWMN PHUM ECON JO
03AMMAN7392THIRD (OR FOURTH?) MOBILE LICENSE TENDER PROVOKES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has announced a tender for what is being billed as a third mobile telephony license in anticipation of the January 1, 2004 end of the current mobile telephony duopoly under its WTO obligations. The tender has provoked unfa [...]
2003-11-13 10:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINV JO
03AMMAN7403JORDANIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S DEMOCRACY MESSAGE, BUT
[...] (C) Despite initial negative press reaction in Jordan to President Bush's November 6 speech calling for democratic reform in the Arab world, several of our contacts inside and outside the government lauded the initiative. At the same time, they almost universally highlighted the lack of U.S [...]
2003-11-13 17:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL KDEM PGOV PTER IS JO
03AMMAN765JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS 2003 PROGRAM
[...] (u) With the regional outlook uncertain for the coming months, the Board of Directors of JABA, Jordan's AmCham, have restructured their event planning for 2003. They are shifting more of their events to late in the year and planning more trips to the U.S. in an effort to keep momentum going [...]
2003-02-04 12:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV BEXP JO
03AMMAN8359JORDAN FTA: ACCELERATE TARIFF REDUCTIONS WHILE
[...] (SBU) Embassy notes that the Trade Policy Staff Committee is reviewing (REF A) a proposal by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to accelerate tariff elimination for certain apparel products under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Jordan currently already exports most of these products [...]
2003-12-21 17:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL IS JO
03AMMAN8450GOJ OFFICIALS ON ARAB ECONOMIC REFORM, PEACE
[...] (C) NEA DAS Satterfield and Ambassador met separately December 19 with Planning Minister Awadallah and Foreign Minister Muasher. Discussion covered the Aqaba "workshop," Abu Ala'a and the peace process, Iraq and Syria, Article 98 negotiations, and Jordan-Israel relations. End Summary. AQA [...]
2003-12-24 09:13:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ECON IS IZ SY JO
03AMMAN8467PROMOTING MIDDLE EAST FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
[...] Summary. Embassy and USAID Amman would like to alert our counterparts in Morocco and Bahrain to a January 21- 22 retreat of the "TIJARA" public-private partnership initiative for promoting trade and investment under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement. We thought these posts might find it [...]
2003-12-24 13:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID BEXP KMPI KPAO JO
03ANKARA1514"NEIGHBORS" DISAPPROVE OF TURKISH CONDUCT IN
[...] (C) Summary: Comments elicited during conversations with mission representatives of neighboring countries regarding Turkey's conduct of foreign affairs suggest little approval or admiration exists for Turkish diplomatic maneuvers. End summary. 2. (C) Political officer (PO),who has t [...]
2003-03-11 05:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA4732TURKEY PROMISES FULL SUPPORT FOR THE USG'S
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY. NP A/DAS Mark Fitzpatrick and T Senior Advisor David Wurmser were in Ankara on July 24 to consult with a team of Turkish MFA officials, led by Ambassador Turan Morali (Director-General [...]
2003-07-25 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALDA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03BEIRUT5454LEBANON: ISLAMIC REFORM: THE BEGINNING OF A
[...] (C) Summary. Meeting in Beirut to address the misuse of Islamic endowments by extremist groups, the Executive Council of the Ministers of Islamic Endowments rejected any link between Islam and terrorism, denouncing terrorists as "infidels." Prime Minister Hariri called for reforming Islamic [...]
2003-12-23 10:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL KIRF SOCI EFIN LE SA
03BRUSSELS5525U.S.-EU COTER CONSULTATIONS ON COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] The U.S. and EU COTER held their quarterly counterterrorism coordination meeting on December 3. The U.S. was represented by S/CT,s Senior Advisor for Multilateral Affairs, Chris Ensley, DOJ senior counsel Mark Richards, Econoff Kim Gagne and NAS Frank Kerber. The EU COTER delegation was cha [...]
2003-12-08 10:25:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TS AG MO SR BK AL MK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO1146ENSURING SRI LANKA UNDERSTANDS OUR FTA STANDARDS
[...] Charge met with Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Ravi Karunanayake on July 1, during a call on the Minister by US Reps Jerry Weller and Scott Garrett, both in Sri Lanka on a private visit. Charge used the meeting to encourage the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to study the texts of the [...]
2003-07-01 10:54:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDETRD CE USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1689 GSL READY TO NEGOTIATE FTA BASED ON SINGAPORE AND
[...] (U) Classified by DCM James F. Entwistle for reasons 1.5 B and D. 2. (C) Summary: In a meeting with GSL Advisor Jim Robertson, Econoffs learned that the GSL intends to provide USTR a draft negotiating document today (Monday, September 29). Reportedly, the GSL is prepared to meet most of [...]
2003-09-30 01:02:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALETRD EAID ECON EFIN KIPR ELAB PREL CE ECONOMICS
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 11:51:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PGOV AG GM
03HANOI1422VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world credentials, the GVN hosted the first Vietnam - Africa Forum in Hanoi May 28-30. Delegations from 18 African countries discussed trade and investment and "opp [...]
2003-06-10 09:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ
03HARARE366MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "World must block Bush, Blair's belligerence" the independent daily "The Daily News" carried an op-ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem in which he calls on Arab governments to restrain the United States and Britain from attacking Iraq. Excerpts: 2. [...]
2003-02-24 09:30:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03KUWAIT1207KUWAITI YUPPIES LOOK BEYOND THE LONG-AWAITED WAR
[...] SUMMARY: Where reftels analyzed how the US-led war against Iraq might affect Kuwait's political and economic landscape in general, this cable examines perceptions of a specific sector of society -- young, upwardly-mobile, democratically-minded professionals. At an informal dinner, EmbOffs me [...]
2003-04-02 11:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT1477TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 58
[...] SITREP NO. 58 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 17, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NTSR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consul [...]
2003-04-17 15:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT2118KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, MAY 19: TERRORIST
[...] SUMMARY: Leading Kuwaiti liberals take to the op/ed pages to condemn recent terror attacks in the region and link them to Arab world failure to address the political, social and economic conditions that "breed" Islamic terror. Noticeably absent is any tendency to blame the US/Israel/the West fo [...]
2003-05-19 14:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT2266KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 19-27: TERRORISM;
[...] SUMMARY: In contrast to the strongly pro-American tone of commentary during Operation Iraqi Freedom, free style US bashing has returned to some corners of Kuwait's Arabic press. Dr. Sadeq al Bassam writes in liberal Al-Qabas that the US "bears responsibility" for the massacres Saddam commit [...]
2003-05-27 15:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3267KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 14-21: WOMEN'S
[...] SUMMARY: On July 14, Kuwaiti Islamist commentator (and regular al-Jazeera talking head) Mohammed al-Awadi wrote an editorial directed at US Ambassador to Kuwait Richard H. Jones, urging the Ambassador to stop "interfering" in Kuwait's internal affairs, warning that "someone might lose contro [...]
2003-07-21 15:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3423GOK SAYS P.A. SUPPORT A BILATERAL ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary: During meetings with the Ambassador on July 27 and 28, respectively, MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed Kuwaiti financial support for the Palestinian Authority (P.A.). Both made it clear that Kuwait intends to treat fina [...]
2003-07-29 12:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KU XF
03LONDON9572UNITED KINGDOM - 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy London's contributions to the 2003 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Report. Embassy input is keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]
2003-11-26 17:34:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PREL PGOV UK
03MONTREAL453Census Data Shows Quebec More Bilingual Since 1996,
[...] SUMMARY: Statistics Canada (Statscan) has released several tranches of 2001 census data in the last four months regarding language usage and immigration, figures which are closely watched in Quebec, by both the media and government. The Statscan numbers show Quebec to be 3 percent more bilingu [...]
2003-04-02 18:07:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI CA
03OTTAWA1474CANADA-FRANCE: VISIT OF FRENCH PM RAFFARIN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-23 18:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CA FR
03OTTAWA610 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] "A volley of propaganda" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis wrote in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (3/3): "...[W]hat I dislike even more than Saddam's nasty regime are government lies and propaganda. Since 9/11, Americans have been subjected to the most intense propaganda campa [...]
2003-03-06 16:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03PARTO17(U) SECRETARY POWELL'S DECEMBER 2, 2003 MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-04 03:26:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TS
03RABAT1086CASABLANCA ATTACKS: WHO ARE THE SALAFIYAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. COMMENTING ON THE MAY 16 BOMBINGS ON MOROCCAN TELEVISION MAY 18, PM DRISS JETTOU INDIRECTLY CRITICIZED THE LEGAL ISLAMIST JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (PJD),AS WELL AS THE LEFTIST MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (AMDH),FOR THEIR PAST CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGE [...]
2003-05-19 17:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL MO
03RABAT2632MOROCCO: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Post responses are keyed to reftel. (A) Significant actions taken by host government to support the global coalition against terrorism. The government of Morocco (GOM) continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism. Following the May 16, 2003 bombings in Ca [...]
2003-12-19 11:43:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MO
03ROME1558 FAO TERM LIMITS: AGREEMENT ON 10 YEAR MAXIMUM AND
[...] SUMMARY: THE FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR ON UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) DIRECTOR GENERAL TERM LIMITS HELD ITS FIFTH AND FINAL SESSION MARCH 29. THE GROUP AGREED AD REFERENDUM TO A PROPOSAL TO LIMIT TO TWO THE NUMBER OF TERMS THAT A DIRECTOR GENERAL COULD SERVE, WITH THE FIRST TERM B [...]
2003-04-11 14:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR FAO
03ROME2294PDAS RIES VISIT: ECONOMIC PRIORITIES FOR ITALY'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. GOI OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT AS EU PRESIDENT, ITALY'S TOUGHEST ECONOMIC CHALLENGE WILL BE TO HELP RESTORE CONSUMER AND INVESTOR CONFIDENCE IN THE MARKETS. A CREDIBLE MESSAGE BY THE ITALIAN PRESIDENCY AND COMMITMENT BY ALL EU MEMBERS TO JUMP-START EURO-ZONE ECONOMIES ARE NEEDED TO WI [...]
2003-05-23 08:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV ETRD IT
03ROME2546 124TH FAO COUNCIL PREVIEW
[...] Summary: The 124th Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council will meet June 23- 28, 2003 in Rome. Items of particular importance to the U.S. during this Council session will be: an agenda item on Director General term limits; a U.S.-requested agenda item on reporting [...]
2003-06-09 12:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR KUNR FAO
03ROME2582 FAO OECD Group: Term Limits and Bureaus
[...] (U) Summary: The OECD group met June 9, 2003 to discuss bureau positions for FAO Council and Conference. The outgoing Chair (New Zealand) asked for views on expanding the mandate of the group beyond allocating bureau positions. Those who spoke (including USDel) did not support expanding the [...]
2003-06-10 11:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAGR KUNR FAO
03ROME2737FM FRATTINI'S VISIT TO SIX ARAB COUNTIES PRIOR TO
[...] (C) Summary: FM Frattini's pre-EU Presidency visits to Rabat, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Beirut, and Damascus June 4-9 showcased Italy's priority on improving Euro-Med cooperation but otherwise generated no surprises. Frattini introduced Italy's EU Presidency priorities, promoted the roadmap and [...]
2003-06-17 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT AG LY MO SY TS LE EUN
03ROME3111 REPORT OF 124TH FAO COUNCIL
[...] Summary: The 124th Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council met June 23-28 in Rome. In a successful outcome to a four-year campaign by assorted OECD members, the Council agreed to transmit to the 32nd FAO Conference an amendment to the FAO Basic Texts to introduce a [...]
2003-07-09 05:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR KUNR FAO
03ROME3304ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: EU/EUROMED INFORMAL TRADE
[...] (U) Italian trade officials hosted an informal trade ministerial meeting in Palermo July 6-7. The July 6 session included trade ministers from the EU 15 plus the 10 EU accession countries, as well as European Commissioner for External Trade Pascal Lamy and European Free Trade Agreement partner [...]
2003-07-18 17:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETRD IT EUN
03ROME5655REPORT OF THE 32ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE
[...] At the November 26 - December 11 meetings of the FAO Conference and FAO Council, member governments debated international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues and agreed on a budget and important institutional reforms. 2. In his statement on the State of Food and Agricu [...]
2003-12-19 10:55:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AORC ETRD EFIS SENV EAID FAO WFP
03SANAA1450U/S BOLTON 6/16-17 VISIT TO YEMEN: ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) Summary: ROYG Foreign Minister al-Qirbi pledged his support for an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. during the June 16-17 visit of U/S Bolton. On timing, President Saleh was equivocal, suggesting that Yemen would not sign until a specified list of other Arab states were on board. Acco [...]
2003-06-23 14:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA YM KICC
03SANAA1690 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S YEAR 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR YEMEN. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: A. 1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) is committed to attracting foreign investors by improving its overall investmen [...]
2003-07-13 07:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV YM OPIC ECON COM
03SANAA2476NEA A/S BURNS' 10/4/03 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: CT
[...] (C) Summary: During a 10/4/03 call on FM Qirbi, NEA A/S Burns reviewed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and focused on U.S. development assistance. Burns stressed the need for Yemen to pursue domestic reforms as the U.S. works to increase assistance, e.g. via MEPI and, if Yemen qualifies, the MCA. [...]
2003-10-10 08:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP SA YM IZ ICC COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM
03SANAA339YEMENI FM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS USG ASSISTANCE,
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador briefed the Foreign Minister on his recent Washington consultations at a meeting on February 18. He detailed current and potential USG assistance in several areas and brought up the pouch issue for closure. FM Qirbi expressed appreciation for continued U.S.-Yem [...]
2003-02-19 09:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ADCO ADPM YM ECON COM
03SANAA574TFIZ01: SANAA EAC MEETINGS MARCH 21
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened two Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meetings on March 21. At 1400, EAC met to assess threat information in light of developments with the Iraq contingency and a developing demonstration. At 1830, EAC met to discuss Embassy response to the vio [...]
2003-03-21 18:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PTER PREL CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA595YEMEN'S ECONOMY AS SEEN BY WORLD BANK ECONOMISTS
[...] Sensitive But Unclassified, please protect. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two World Bank economists in Sanaa are complimentary about the ROYG's fiscal policy and commitment to reforms. In a March 17 discussion with Emboffs, the bank economists gave positive assessments of Yemeni fiscal discipline, cur [...]
2003-03-25 11:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EAID PINR YM WTRO COM
03SANAA875STRONG ELECTION OBSERVATION EFFORT TO ASSESS
[...] Summary: Yemen's parliamentary election April 27 (refs and septel) will benefit from a well-organized election observation effort that will assess its outcome. Encouraged by the ROYG, political parties and NGOs, more than 30,000 international and domestic observers will deploy on election d [...]
2003-04-24 12:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03THEHAGUE1421TERRORIST FINANCE: AL AQSA FOUNDATION OPERATING
[...] (U) The Dutch newspaper Trouw reported today that Al Aqsa Foundation has continued its operations under the auspices of the Israa Foundation. Israa is an acronym for "internationale steun rechtstreeks aan armen" or "International Direct Support for the Poor." 2. (SBU) Israa is headquarte [...]
2003-06-05 11:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER NL
03THEHAGUE1453DUTCH COURT ACQUITS ISLAMIST TERRORIST SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the District Court of Rotterdam acquitted all twelve suspects charged (under a variety of statutes) for offenses related to the provision of support to a terrorist organization. This was the second such loss for the government before the same court, following the December [...]
2003-06-06 15:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM PREL CASC ETTC XG NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1879NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...]
2003-07-24 15:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC
03THEHAGUE2173IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff delivered ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on August 27. The Dutch believe a noncompliance resolution on Iran is merited, but are concerned this may not be achievable as Dir. ElBaradei's latest report is not final, so some board members may [...]
2003-08-28 13:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2707CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...]
2003-10-28 10:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2766CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Oct. 30, U.S. delegation members met with OPCW officials to discuss the status of upcoming ILO Administrative Tribunal actions stemming from the OPCW tenure policy. Additional points on side-bar discussions at the Eighth Conference of States Parties are also provided for t [...]
2003-11-04 10:53:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2794CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...]
2003-11-06 07:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2939CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 1ST MEETING OF
[...] (U) Summary. Two USG legal experts (Bernard Seward from State/L/ACV - JAGLCS/CLAMO and Randy Pratt from Commerce/OGC/IS) participated in the first meeting of the CWC "Network of Legal Experts" November 4-7, supported by the Commerce representative to the U.S. CWC Delegation (Brandon Williams [...]
2003-11-24 18:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03VATICAN4751JOHN PAUL II: 25 YEAR CHAMPION OF HUMAN DIGNITY
[...] (U) Pope John Paul II marked the 25th anniversary of his Pontificate October 16 with over 70,000 well-wishers in St. Peter's square. The Pope is one of the most compelling public figures of the 20th Century, and continues to garner international attention even as he struggles with physical li [...]
2003-10-17 11:20:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR SOCI VT
03ZAGREB1678CROATIA DOES NOT SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] ON JULY 23 WE PROVIDED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO THE ANDREA BEKIC, DEPARTMENT FOR NORTH AMERICA, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND IVAN KATAVIC, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND AGRICULTURE IN CHARGE OF THE FISHERIES DIRECTORATE. ON JULY 25, KATAVIC TOLD US CROATIA DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CANDI [...]
2003-07-25 13:59:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS AORC PHSA SENV HR ICCAT
04ABUDHABI2343 UAE: JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] (U) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Country Commercial Guide (of which the Invest [...]
2004-07-13 11:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC TC
04ABUDHABI3689MEDIA ASSISTANCE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST: WORKSHOP
[...] SUMMARY: An October 4 - 6 Regional Media Assistance workshop in Abu Dhabi, funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and USAID, succeeded in soliciting an abundance of ideas and insights from Middle Eastern media experts. Participants were frank about the need for a more indepe [...]
2004-10-18 11:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO PHUM XF
04ABUDHABI3718SHEIKH HAMED'S RAILWAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of the Economy suggested to Ambassador on October 17 that the U.S. focus more of its regional efforts on economic reform. He asked for USG support for a railway that would stretch from the Gulf of Oman up to Jordan. End Summary. 2. [...]
2004-10-19 13:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC
04ABUDHABI3966UAE MOURNS THE DEATH OF ITS LEADER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE UAE IS MOURNING THE DEATH OF ITS PRESIDENT, SHEIKH ZAYED BIN SULTAN AL NAHYAN, WHO PASSED AWAY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS, THE UAEG HAS BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS AND VISITING DIGNITARIES WHO HAVE COME TO PAY THEIR FINAL [...]
2004-11-03 12:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC TC
04ABUDHABI4603 MEDIA REACTION: FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] SUMMARY: THE "FORUM OF THE FUTURE" IN MOROCCO AND THE "ARAB STRATEGY FORUM" IN DUBAI DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA THIS WEEK. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT REFORM IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE ARAB WORLD BUT NOT THROUGH THE U.S. OR ISRAEL. WHEREAS ONLY A FEW EDITOR [...]
2004-12-15 12:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI684UAE: 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-10 15:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
04ABUJA1163LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO PRESIDENT BUSH
[...] (U) Following is the text of a letter from President Obasanjo to President Bush seeking the USG's support for the GON's nomination of Mr. Olasbisi O. Ogunjobi to be the next President of the African Development Bank. Biographical information on Ogunjobi is provided following the text of Pres [...]
2004-07-01 07:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID NI AID
04ABUJA1373HEAD OF TRAFFICKING AGENCY DISCUSSES NIGERIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a courtesy call on the Ambasador, Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency discussed its work during its first year of existence, gave the status of two prosecutions underway in Kano, described the horrors of the overland trafficking in persons (TIP) route north through the Sahara [...]
2004-08-09 13:30:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1997VISIT TO NIGERIAN COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AND
[...] (U) Summary. The USG-funded JCATS simulation center at the Nigerian Command Staff and College is actively training Nigerian brigade and battalion command elements, and has recently included police units in joint internal security simulations. Funding and personnel shortfalls from the GON li [...]
2004-12-03 08:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM KPKO NI POLMIL
04AMMAN2494JORDAN TRADE MINISTRY LAYS OUT FTA TRADE ISSUES FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the U.S.-Jordan Joint Committee meeting, Ministry of Industry and Trade official Amer Hadidi March 25 reviewed key trade issues with the TIJARA coalition of trade and business groups and sought their views on issues for the JC. Issues included accelerating [...]
2004-03-31 14:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTIA PREL ECON JO
04AMMAN3429A KALEIDOSCOPE OF ARAB ICT ISSUES: EB/CIP DAS
[...] SUMMARY: Earlier this year, Amb. David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for Communications and Information Policy, attended and gave keynote addresses at annual conferences of the Arab Telecommunications Regulatory Network (ATRN) and the Arab Regional IT Association (ARAITA). On the margins of these c [...]
2004-05-05 16:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECPS EAID PGOV JO
04AMMAN3690IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS WILL DOMINATE DEAD SEA WEF
[...] (C) In hosting the second World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting at the Dead Sea, King Abdullah hopes to promote Jordan as an island of political stability and economic opportunity in the region, and portray himself as both a peacemaker and deal-maker. Your participation underscores U.S. suppor [...]
2004-05-12 12:09:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PTER ASEC OVIP KPAL JO
04AMMAN386JORDAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS IN NEED OF TENDING
[...] (S) Recent separate conversations with the Jordanian MFA and the Israeli Embassy indicate that both sides are letting an accumulation of irritants affect the tone of the overall relationship. We reminded both of the strategic partnership that is the base of Jordan-Israel relations, and reemp [...]
2004-01-15 19:06:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IS JO
04AMMAN4252JORDAN TRADE MINISTRY ON FTA JOINT COMMITTEE AGENDA
[...] This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Industry and Trade senior officials briefed embassy on the proposed agenda for the June 8 Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee meeting (the JC). A key change is the GOJ's likely submission of a revised list of good [...]
2004-05-27 15:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTIA KIPR PREL JO
04AMMAN460AMBASSADOR RAISES TRADE ISSUES WITH DPM HALAIQA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gnehm joined by Economic Officer called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mohammad Halaiqa December 31 to review outstanding trade issues. Securing a date for the FTA Joint Committee meeting was a top issue. DPM Halaiqa assured the Ambas [...]
2004-01-20 16:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR JO
04AMMAN5989JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON ARAB BANK,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Central Bank Governor Touqan asserted that the legal suit filed against Jordan's Arab Bank in New York hinges on payment orders issued by Saudi authorities through Arab Bank to beneficiaries in the West Bank. Although some of these beneficiaries may inadvertently b [...]
2004-07-18 04:38:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC PREL PTER JO IZ SA IS
04AMMAN8135ARAB MINISTERS LAUNCH REGIONAL GOOD GOVERNANCE
[...] (U) Fifteen Arab ministers meeting in Amman, Jordan, along with representatives from the OECD and UNDP, announced September 26 the launch of a regional reform initiative focused on good governance and administrative modernization. The initiative is an outgrowth of commitments to reform made a [...]
2004-09-30 14:08:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM KMPI JO
04AMMAN8812BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS
[...] (U) King Abdullah swore in ten new ministers October 24 and accepted the resignation of three (ref A). The expanded cabinet raised the number of ministers from 21 to 28 by separating ministerial portfolios combined when PM Fayez's first cabinet was formed in October 2003 and by creating two ne [...]
2004-10-26 13:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN9312JORDAN'S ECONOMIC REFORMS AFTER FIVE YEARS:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the past five years, the government of Jordan has moved boldly to open up its economy to foreign trade and investment. Jordan has become a member of the World Trade Organization, negotiated a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, initialed an Association Agreement [...]
2004-11-22 08:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EAID KPRV KMPI JO
04ANKARA2268ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 07:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3673TIP 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 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5002TIP 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 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5708TIP 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 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5751TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 10:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDIN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA6293BMENAI: DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE PLANNING
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. Summary: Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) co-sponsors Italy, Turkey and Yemen continue planning for a November 25 meeting in Rome of the three FMs, and possibly the U.S., at which they will release a DAD work plan. After the Rome meetin [...]
2004-11-06 11:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TU IT YM KMPI KDEM
04ANKARA6513ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-23 05:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA655 Foreign Trade Undersecretary on WTO
[...] (SBU) Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuncer Kayalar and Department Head Hasan Yalcin told us on January 30 that they found USTR Zoellick's letter on the WTO negotiations to be very encouraging, particularly on ending export subsidies in agriculture. Kayalar reviewed GOT efforts to conclude a se [...]
2004-02-05 13:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD TU
04ANKARA6907ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6995ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-16 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA731ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-06 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA971ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-19 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04BAGHDAD221USEB 112: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH IRAQI PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Allawi told the Deputy Secretary that he and his counterparts in the Arab world are looking forward to his tour of the region. Allawi plans to have an open and honest discussion with Syria about their involvement in Iraqi affairs. He would like to see Interior Mini [...]
2004-07-22 15:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IZ
04BRASILIA2890BRAZIL: PUTIN PAYS A CALL
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: During his November 22 visit to Brazil, Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed Brazil's bid for a permanent UNSC seat and received from Brazilian President Lula reciprocal support for Russia's accession to the WTO. However, neither side achieved its princi [...]
2004-11-24 12:11:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR TSPL ETRD EAGR BR UNSC RU
04BRATISLAVA1138SLOVAKIA: 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 11:43:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM LO
04BRUSSELS2931COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE ON JULY 12 GAERC
[...] (C) Commission officials tell us the July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting will not see many serious decisions before the EU FMs. A featured item would be a lunch discussion with Iraqi PM Allawi (which we now understand may be cancelled or postponed). The pri [...]
2004-07-09 09:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ AF HA BM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3741NEW COMMISSION STEPS ON HOMELAND SECURITY
[...] This is an action message, see paragraphs 2 and 19. Introduction, Summary and Action Request ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) This message provides a snapshot of the state of play of homeland security initiatives and organizations within the Commission. It is organized [...]
2004-09-03 14:47:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ECPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4418EU VIEWS ON NORTH AFRICA AND THE GULF: NEA DAS
[...] (C) Summary. In US-EU discussions on the Maghreb and Gulf on October 5-6, EU officials said that in lifting the arms embargo on Libya they would urge Tripoli to resolve the Bulgarian medics issue. Discussion of the Western Sahara focused on the hardening of Moroccan and, to a lesser extent, [...]
2004-10-14 15:19:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4625NEA A/S BURNS' CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) A/S Burns met October 22 with senior EU officials on the way back from his most recent trip to the region. Topics discused were Iraq, Iran, Forum for the Future (FFtF) preparations, and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). The EU outlined its plans to support elections in Iraq, and also [...]
2004-10-27 07:32:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KNNP IZ IR IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4664OCTOBER 15 US-EU COTER TROIKA REVIEWS COMMON GOALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The October 15 U.S.-EU COTER counterterrorism (CT) Troika focused on EU plans to identify priority countries for CT assistance. Dutch CT Coordinator and COTER Chair Ambassador Mollinger reviewed recent visits to Saudia Arabia, Algeria, Morocco and Indonesia. S/CT Director for Reg [...]
2004-10-28 16:13:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KTFN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4677DRUGS TROIKA DISCUSSES EU DRUGS STRATEGY,
[...] (U) Summary. The annual U.S.-EU Drugs Troika was held October 25 in Brussels. INL DAS Jonathan Farrar had wide-ranging discussions on trends in cocaine, heroin and synthetics production and trafficking. The USAID Office Director of South America Affairs gave a detailed presentation on U.S. [...]
2004-10-29 13:46:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF BL CO EU KCRM SNAR XM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3560ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-30 15:22:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04COLOMBO1510SRI LANKA: VISIT OF S/CT COORDINATOR AMB. J.
[...] (C) In meetings with Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) officials on September 8, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador J. Cofer Black underscored U.S. appreciation of Sri Lanka's support of the Global War on Terror. He emphasized USG commitment to helping the GSL achieve a peaceful resolut [...]
2004-09-13 08:26:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV CE LTTE
04DJIBOUTI398CHINA'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO DJIBOUTI
[...] (U) Shen Jiangkuan, China's new envoy in Djibouti, presented his credentials March 15 to President Ismail Omar Guelleh. In his credentialling remarks, Shen described Djibouti as a country which has contributed to the promotion of peace and development in the region. He said Djibouti has achie [...]
2004-03-18 05:02:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR EAID CH DJ
04DJIBOUTI525DJIBOUTI'S AGRICULTURE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) During Ambassador's March 30 courtesy call on Minister of Agriculture Dini Abdallah Bililis, Bililis expressed gratitude for USAID funding of a livestock marketing/health certification facility and food security programs. He also expressed appreciation for the assistance of Camp Lemonier [...]
2004-04-11 15:56:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR EAID PGOV DJ
04FRANKFURT10386Muslim Political Observers On Risk of Extremist
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Muslim political contacts in Frankfurt's district see the predominantly secular character of Germany's largely Turkish Muslim community as a bulwark against Islamic extremism but cite the area's growing North African population and the presence of far-right German groups as po [...]
2004-12-10 10:15:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV SMIG SOCI PHUM GM NL EUN
04FRANKFURT10842ALLEGED MOROCCAN PARLIAMENT MEMBER STOPPED BY
[...] (SBU) THE GERMAN BORDER POLICE REPORTED TO FRANKFURT DHS/ICE DECEMBER 28, 2004 THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL WAS STOPPED DURING ROUTINE CHECKS AT THE FRANKFURT AIRPORT: LAST NAME: EL IDRISSI FIRST NAME: ABOUZAID ELMOKRIE DOB: 09/19/1960 POB: MARRAKECH, MOROCCO MOROCCAN PPT: "OFFICIAL", A [...]
2004-12-29 18:06:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER
04GUATEMALA3211LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (2)
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-17 17:35:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KCOR PREL KIPR GT
04HANOI1993EIGHTH WORKING PARTY ON VIETNAM'S WTO ACCESSION
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Eighth Working Party on the Accession of Vietnam to the World Trade Organization met June 15 in Geneva to continue its review of Vietnam's trade regime and plans to bring it into compliance with WTO standards. Vietnam's presentation reported progress especially in [...]
2004-07-16 10:13:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD VM WTRO WTO
04ISTANBUL1804CRITICISM OF U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ PERVADES BMNEAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Linkage of the BMENAI with U.S. policy in Iraq was a common theme of speakers at a Cultural Initiative Symposium on the Greater Middle East and North Africa Project (BMENAI) in Istanbul in November. A wide range of Turkish academics, former GOT officials, and European diplomats [...]
2004-12-06 08:52:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTU IZ PREL KPAO KMPI
04KINSHASA1356KINSHASA - GLOBAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) The following from RSO are Kinshasa's responses to reftel subparagraphs A-L: A. (C) Physical Security Upgrades - Official Facilities: (2) Program is necessary, generally effective, can be updated to mitigate vulnerabilities. Kinshasa completed a major physical security upgrade proj [...]
2004-07-20 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALASEC
04KUWAIT2272Kuwait 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 06:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB KU OPIC
04KUWAIT2742LOCAL PRESS TRACKS KUWAITI JIHADIS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: News dailies continue to report on the still-breaking story of widespread arrests of suspected Islamic extremists here. The reporting stream began with the July accounts of the repatriation of four Kuwaiti minors caught in Syria by local security forces on their way to join anti- [...]
2004-08-23 14:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC KU
04KUWAIT4415KUWAITI CALLS BMENA MEETING A SUCCESS, REITERATES
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 call on Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador stressed the gravity of recent security threats to U.S. and Kuwaiti interests and noted the weakness of the GOK legal instruments in combating terrorist financing. (SEPTEL) Th [...]
2004-12-09 21:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV MOPS ECON KU
04LAGOS309NIGERIA: NEW BANS ON IMPORTS
[...] (U) Summary: GON officials recently announced a new series of import bans, this time on items ranging from toothpaste and wheelbarrows to plastics, textiles, detergents, and meat products. The bans' impact on overall U.S. exports to Nigeria will likely be minimal, but some U.S. firms, particu [...]
2004-02-10 05:39:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EINV ECON BEXP NI
04MADRID1620SPAIN BIOS ON NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
[...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three part series on new top-level officials in the Spanish government. Biographical information on officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Defense is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Minis [...]
2004-05-07 11:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID1656 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN EARLY MAY 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR TWO ASSOCIATES OF MOROCCAN NATIONAL AMER EL-AZIZI, WHO IS BEING SOUGHT AGGRESIVELY BY SPANISH POL [...]
2004-05-10 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...]
2004-05-12 15:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID1763SPANISH RESPONSE TO MAY 17-18 EU FMS MEETING
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora said that the new Spanish government would maintain Spain's previous policies on the issues being discussed at the next EU General Affairs and External Relat [...]
2004-05-14 16:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID1871NEA A/S BURNS IN MADRID
[...] (C) NEA A/S William Burns paid a five-hour visit to Madrid May 18, meeting with President Zapatero's new National Security Advisor, Carlos Casajuana, and the new Deputy Foreign Minister, Bernardino Leon. The Spanish expressed a desire to work with the US on such issues as encouraging better [...]
2004-05-24 11:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL SP MO AG IZ
04MADRID1955 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BELHADJ, YOUSEFF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MAY 27, 1976, TOUZINE, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - BROTHER OF MOHAMMED BELHADJ WHO WAS ARRESTED BY [...]
2004-05-27 07:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID1997 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAHDJOUB-ZERROUG TERRORIST NETWORK IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: ZENIMI, REDOUANE - AKA: " [...]
2004-05-28 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2039 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2041 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2043 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2136SPAIN'S ZAPATERO: STILL IN CAMPAIGN MODE
[...] (C) Summary: Almost three months after his electoral victory and a month and a half after formally taking office, Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) remain in campaign mode, intensely focused on winning a decisive victory for Spanis [...]
2004-06-07 15:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID2164AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SEVILLE, SOCIALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's June 3 visit to Seville, Andalusia Region President Manuel Chaves told him that Spanish President Zapatero seeks "normal, strong" relations with the US despite Zapatero's rapid withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq. Chaves, a long-time Socialist party "boss," [...]
2004-06-09 09:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL ECON SP MO
04MADRID2236 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...]
2004-06-15 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2277 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: HAMOUYA, MOURAD - AKA: MALKI - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: UNKNOWN, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST RELATES THA [...]
2004-06-17 06:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2278 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST, ON JUNE 1, 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, SPAIN, DETAI [...]
2004-06-17 06:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2280 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR POSSIBLE LINKS TO TERRORISM DUE TO THEIR SUSPECTED ASSOCIATION WITH "ANSAR AL- [...]
2004-06-17 06:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2341 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN APRIL 2004, A MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE 11 MARCH 2004 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECTS AND ASSOCIATES AS FOLLOWS: [...]
2004-06-21 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2342 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING IS THE STATUS OF SPANISH INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECT BARCELONA-BASED TERRORIST CELL. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, POST HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2343 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ARRESTED IN MILAN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST RABEI OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, ALIAS: "MOHAMED [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2443 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE GROUP [...]
2004-06-29 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2477 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] THIS IS A REPEAT OF MADRID 002443. MADRID INADVERTENTLY OMITTED CLASS RESULTS FOR SUSPECTS. POST REGRETS INCONVENIENCE. 2. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 3. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUES [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2478 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CONSIDERED ALERTING BEHAVIOR BY MOROCCAN CITIZEN SAMIR EL MOKHTAR. MOKHTAR WAS IMPLI [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2480 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 20, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP),ARRESTED ALGERIAN CITIZEN REDA ZERROUGH, DPOB: DEC. 5, 1967, ALGERIA, AT ALICANTE AIRPOR [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2481 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL DETAILS OBTAINED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES ON INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH SUSPECT TERRORIST RABI' OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, RECENTLY ARRE [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2483SPAIN - BIOGRAPHIES ON MFA DIRECTORS GENERAL
[...] (U) This cable provides biographies on new directors general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI, Spain's equivalent of USAID). GOS directors general are roughly equivalent to State Department assistant secretaries; AECI directors gen [...]
2004-07-01 08:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL EAID SP PSOE
04MADRID2558 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, RAY MOHAMED, AKA MOURAD, WAS ARRESTED ON JUNE 8, 2004 BY THE BELGIAN FEDERAL POLICE FOR HIS CONTACTS WITH RABI' OSMAN EL-SAYED AHMED, [...]
2004-07-07 06:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2560 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, FOUR ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WERE BELIEVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED SUSPECT AL-QAEDA ASSOCIATE KHALAD [...]
2004-07-07 06:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MIAH
04MADRID2586 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, THE NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS LISTED BELOW WERE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NETHERLANDS SUSPECTED TERRORIST CELL MEMBER OR DUTCH [...]
2004-07-08 10:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2625 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES BRITISH AUTHORITIES DETAINED ON JUL 6, 2004, THE FORMER BARCELONA-BASED EXTREMIST FILALI OUALI AKA: ABDORRAHMAN [...]
2004-07-12 11:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL OUALI
04MADRID2626 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF EARLY JULY 2004, MOROCCAN NATIONAL BOUCHRA BEN ABDELLAH WAS SUSPECTED OF ENGAGING IN ISLAMIC EXTREMIST [...]
2004-07-12 11:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID2659SPAIN: NEW "APPROACH" ON WESTERN SAHARA; VIEWS ON
[...] (C) The GOS is pursuing a new "approach" to resolve the crisis in the Western Sahara but its elements remain unclear, according to the newly appointed MFA Director General for the Mediterranean, Near East, and Africa, Alvaro Iranzo. The Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister is in the process of di [...]
2004-07-14 13:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO WI SU SP USUN
04MADRID2688 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 12, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED MARCH 11 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT AND SPANISH CITIZEN, ABDERRAHMAN HAMMADI AFANDI. [...]
2004-07-15 07:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2689 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. POST RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ASSOCIATES OF FORMER BARCELONA-BASED ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND SUSPECT TERRRORIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA: ABBAS 3. NAME: [...]
2004-07-15 07:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2803TOMAHAWK RELEASABILITY - SPAIN COUNTRY TEAM
[...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (SBU) The following is Mission Spain Country Team's assessment on releasability of the Tomahawk System to the Spanish Navy. 3. (C) In recent years the Spanish armed forces have significantly contributed to international peace, stability and the Global [...]
2004-07-23 08:23:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR SP
04MADRID2877 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 11:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2916MUSLIM OUTREACH WORLDWIDE
[...] Embassy Madrid welcomes this Muslim Outreach initiative and provides the following information about our outreach efforts: 2. Brief Context for Muslim Outreach efforts in Spain: An estimated 500,000 to one million Muslims live in Spain. Almost all are of foreign origin, with only about 3, [...]
2004-07-30 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM OIIP PREL EAID PHUM PGOV EUN OEXC SP
04MADRID2958USOAS AMBASSADOR'S MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: In his July 29 meeting in Madrid with Spanish MFA Director General Sandomingo, USOAS Ambassador Maisto urged Spain to send observers to the Venezuelan referendum and to remain firm on Cuba. Maisto thanked the GOS for its decision to send police/troops to Haiti with a Moroccan [...]
2004-08-03 15:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID3034VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 30, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED SEMAAN GABY EID ON JULY 28, 2004, FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN [...]
2004-08-10 15:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SEMAAN GABY EID
04MADRID3052 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF MID-JULY 2004, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED AL QAEDA SUSPECT KHALED ABIDI, WHO WAS [...]
2004-08-10 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3163SPAIN: IMMIGRANT REMITTANCES ACHIEVE RECORD LEVELS
[...] Summary. The large increase in cash remittances by immigrants from Spain to their home countries has caught the attention of the general Spanish media and the business press this summer. According to the Bank of Spain immigrants and other foreigners residing in Spain have remitted approximat [...]
2004-08-20 14:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON SP
04MADRID3212 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF AUG. 21, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZED THE HANDOVER OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST, KHALID BOULOUDO, A 29 YEAR [...]
2004-08-26 13:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3701SPAIN'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CHALLENGE
[...] (U) Summary. The GOS has announced a plan to revise its Law on Foreign Aliens (Ley de Extranjeria) to grant legal status to undocumented immigrants who can demonstrate that they have worked a minimum of one year in Spain. The GOS is acting in response to a massive increase in illegal immigrat [...]
2004-09-24 16:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON SMIG MO SP
04MADRID3864MADRID ENVIRONMENT TIDBITS
[...] Madrid's ESTH Officer periodically groups together and reports ESTH developments that might otherwise "fall below the reporting bar." Key issues will continue to be reported via "stand alone" cables. ESTH Officer Ken Forder welcomes feedback at forderk@state.gov. 2. INDEX: A. Prest [...]
2004-10-05 11:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SP
04MADRID3892SPAIN URGES FRANCE TO BUDGE ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) The Spanish Foreign Ministry's chief diplomat for Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and African issues told visiting EUR/WE office director Kathy Allegrone October 1 that Spain has edged "closer toward neutrality" on the Western Sahara issue and is urging France to budge from its firm support [...]
2004-10-05 16:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL SP UNSC
04MADRID4060ALLEGED MISDEEDS OF U.S. FLAGGED RESEARCH VESSEL
[...] (C) The R/V Powell has been on U.S. Embassy Madrid's radar screen since September, when it first contacted us for assistance in processing a request to make a port call in a Spanish harbor. Since our first contact with it, this vessel has demonstrated a consistent pattern of ignoring and at [...]
2004-10-19 14:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL MARR KRVC TPHY SP EWWT
04MADRID4063DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER REGRETS UNHELPFUL MOD
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon told DCM Manzanares Oct. 14 that he agreed that DefMin Bono's comments last week about US-Spain relations and the US role in the Spanish National Day Parade were extremely unhelpful. Leon promised there would be no further comments from President Zapatero [...]
2004-10-19 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID4080SPAIN ON POLISARIO RHETORIC, WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary. Spain will convey a message to the Madrid Polisario representative calling on the Polisario to cease threats to resume armed conflict with Morocco. MFA Maghreb Office Director Carlos Fernandez Arias also shared Spain's views on the state of play in Western Morocco, including GOS [...]
2004-10-20 12:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MO AG SP
04MADRID4110 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WITH POSSIBLE TERRORIST TIES IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: EL BAYADE, ABDESALAM [...]
2004-10-22 12:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4367SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MAKES FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos November 10 at the Foreign Ministry for a farewell call. Ambassador began by saying it was time to get the U.S.-Spain relationship moving forward. Moratinos agreed and said Spain and the U.S. needed to start working on a positi [...]
2004-11-15 15:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID4386 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF OCTOBER 19, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SEVERAL ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO WERE BELIEVE TO BE PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACK [...]
2004-11-16 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4387 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON OCTOBER 28, 2004, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 13 INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED TO ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAWARI, AKA MIKAEL ETIENNE [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4388 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2004, AS PART OF THE ON-GOING "OPERATION NOVA" SPANISH AUTORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN AND THREE ALGERIAN NATIONALS, POSSIBLY ASS [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4523 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF NOV. 17, 2004, REPORTED THAT SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, INDICTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST ABDELADIM AKOUDAD, ALIAS "NADU [...]
2004-11-30 08:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4603VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN
[...] (SBU) Summary Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30-December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Davis [...]
2004-12-03 13:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID4638VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN SEVILLE/ANDALUSIA INITIATED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country on a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30 - December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Da [...]
2004-12-09 10:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL
04MADRID4649 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BEN ABDELLAH, SAMIR - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 29, 1967, MOROCCO - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004 THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED [...]
2004-12-09 16:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID4749 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 13, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THE ON-GOING "OPERACION LAGO". 3. NAME: LEBIK, ABDELKADER [...]
2004-12-17 16:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LEBIK
04MADRID4774SPAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Per Ref A instructions, the following is the 2004 terrorism report submission for Spain. 2. Spain is a strong ally in the war on terrorism, authorizing the use of military bases to support Operation Enduring Freedom and sending troops to Afghanistan to provide added security during that cou [...]
2004-12-20 16:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC SP
04MADRID4776 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DALY PRESS OF DEC. 18, 2004 REPORTED THAT TWO OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGES ORDERED THE ARREST OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR EXTREMISTS BASED IN LAN [...]
2004-12-20 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4793INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 14:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID4803INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID763OPPORTUNITIES IN SPAIN'S GROWING ENERGY MARKET
[...] SUMMARY: Since joining the EU in 1986, Spain has experienced dramatic industrialization and economic development. Along with development, energy consumption has skyrocketed and shows no sign of abating. These developments bring challenges for a country that is now emitting greenhouse gasse [...]
2004-03-05 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG BTIO EPET SP
04MADRID826 OFM AND EMBASSY MADRID DISCUSS
[...] Summary: DS/OFM DAS lead a negotiating team consisting of Embassy Management Counselor, HRO Senior FSN, and an OFM Program Officer in discussions with Spanish representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance. This meeting focused on two issues: (1) the continued practice of [...]
2004-03-10 16:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KREC SP
04MADRID881SPANISH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NEW SOCIALIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Well before the March 14 general elections, Socialist Workers' Party of Spain (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero made clear that if elected he would refocus Spanish foreign policy away from the primacy of the transatlantic link and toward Spain,s traditional EU partners [...]
2004-03-15 14:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID893MADRID MARCH 11 BOMB ATTACKS: STATUS OF
[...] (C) The investigation into who perpetrated the March 11 attacks in Madrid continues, with an Al Qaeda link looking increasingly likely. While authorities cannot completely rule out responsibility by the terrorist group ETA, or a possible ETA role in coordination with an Islamic terrorist group, the [...]
2004-03-15 17:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
04MANAMA1175BAHRAIN - JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-25 10:25:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV BA OPIC
04MANAMA1337CODEL MILLER DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Codel Miller met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa August 22 and discussed the domestic security situation, status of counter-terrorism laws in Bahrain, Iraq, the military confrontation in Najaf, U.S. public outreach efforts in the Middle East, Arab-Israeli relations, A [...]
2004-08-28 15:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON ETRD BA IZ
04MANAMA1467SCENESETTER FOR COMBATANT COMMANDER CENTRAL
[...] (S) General Abizaid, we look forward to seeing you in Bahrain. We have asked for calls on the King, Crown Prince, and the Defense Minister apart from your attendance at the Disaster Preparedness Conference. Since your last visit here, the travel warning has been lifted and the DOD Bahrain S [...]
2004-09-22 15:19:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR PGOV BA
04MANAMA1524SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO
[...] (S) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome you to Bahrain. While the genesis of your trip is meeting with Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition Ministers of Defense on the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, your visit comes at an important time in our bilateral relationship with Bahrain. The mil-mil re [...]
2004-10-04 15:26:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PTER ECON OVIP BA
04MANAMA1578BAHRAIN ON TIMING OF FORUM FOR FUTURE, GCC,
[...] (C) Ambassador October 16 told Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa that the Forum for the Future (FfF) meetings in Morocco would take place December 10 (sub-ministerial) and 11 (ministerial). He noted that Bahrain would host the GCC summit in December and suggested that t [...]
2004-10-18 11:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON BA
04MANAMA1699BAHRAIN TO HOST INAUGURAL MENA FATF MEETING
[...] (U) Bahrain will host the inaugural meeting of the Middle East/North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENA FATF) on November 29-30. The establishment of a FATF-styled regional body in the Middle East and North Africa is, according to the Bahrain Monetary Agency's (BMA) Compliance chief, "a [...]
2004-11-10 11:30:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN BA
04MANAMA1745SCENESETTER: KING HAMAD'S NOVEMBER 29 VISIT TO
[...] (S) King Hamad requested to visit Washington to congratulate the President on his reelection, reaffirm Bahrain's strong support for U.S. Iraq policy and the war on terrorism, and consult with the President on Bahrain's hosting of the December 20 GCC Summit and outcomes the USG would like from [...]
2004-11-22 14:26:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC PHUM ECON ETRD BA
04MANAMA1747BAHRAIN PARTICIPATION IN G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE
[...] (SBU) Ambassador November 20 delivered Ref A and B G8/BMENA talking points and agendas to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar said that Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdulla Saif would attend the December 11 meetings in Rabat, but it was not [...]
2004-11-23 04:49:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KMPI KDEM BA
04MANAMA1821BAHRAIN: RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM SECRETARY POWELL
[...] (U) Embassy Manama received the following response from Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifato Secretary Powell's letter on the Broader Middle East and SIPDIS North Africa (BMENA) meeting in Rabat via diplomatic note on December 6. 2. (U) Begin Text November 30 [...]
2004-12-07 12:20:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMPI KDEM KPAO OPDC BA
04MANAMA1835MENA FATF ESTABLISHED TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The inaugural meeting of the MENA FATF held on November 29 and 30 in Manama, Bahrain was attended by Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors from fourteen countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The ministers selected a President, Vice President and Executive Secre [...]
2004-12-08 14:47:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN BA
04MANAMA264CONSPIRACY LAW POSSIBILITIES - MEETING WITH MOJ
[...] (C) Upon return from his Washington trip, the Crown Prince placed a wake-up call to the Justice Minister to ask about Bahrain's conspiracy law, the Minister told CDA and PolOff on February 22. Minister of Justice Jawad bin Salim Al Arayed asked us what a conspiracy law should do. The CDA e [...]
2004-02-24 16:26:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER PREL ASEC BA
04MANAMA339ANNUAL 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 11:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
04MANAMA379IT MUST NOT FAIL -- BAHRAIN'S FORMULA ONE GRAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 03/16/2004, RSO coordinated a meeting with top MOI officials to discuss the GOB's security plans for the upcoming 2-4 April 2004 Bahrain Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix. As the first such motorsport event ever held in the Middle East, the Bahrain Grand Prix has captivated the natio [...]
2004-03-17 15:48:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER BA
04MANAMA444MEPI FY 2004 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (U) Post's MEPI working group met on March 23 to review ref A. The following is the Mission's response. CROSS PILLAR 2. (U) Post's MEPI working group is considering four MEPI small grants. Post will advise MEPI of details via email per reftel. ECONOMIC PILLAR 3. (U) In conjunctio [...]
2004-03-31 10:39:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI EAID ECON PREL KPAO BA
04MANAMA774LAWYERS STILL STUDYING ARTICLE 98 OPTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-23 15:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA KICC
04MAPUTO1525FIRST EVER IFTAR WITH MOZAMBICAN ISLAMIC
[...] SUMMARY: Maputo PAS organized an Iftar at the Ambassador's residence that took place the final Friday of Ramadan, November 12. Nine prominent local Muslim leaders, representative of several different communities of Mozambique's sizeable Muslim minority, were invited and attended, including cle [...]
2004-11-23 12:12:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP PINR KISL
04MUSCAT2012CODEL THOMAS DISCUSSES POTENTIAL FTA WITH TOP OMANI
[...] SUMMARY: In lengthy meetings with Sultan Qaboos and Oman's Foreign Minister, as well as a brief but productive final meeting with the Omani Commerce Minister, CODEL Thomas took advantage of the opportunity to explore Oman's readiness to jump into full- blown free trade agreement (FTA) negotiat [...]
2004-11-19 10:36:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BEXP ECON ELAB EINV MU
04MUSCAT2037OMAN ATTENDANCE, REACTIONS TO RABAT FORUM FOR THE
[...] (SBU) In a November 24 telcon, the MFA Under Secretary's Political Affairs Director, Humaid al-Maani, informed Pol/E Chief that, for the time being, neither Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi nor Minister of National Economy (and de facto Finance Minister) Ahmed bin Abduln [...]
2004-11-24 10:12:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KMPI KPAO ECON PREL
04MUSCAT2112AMBITION, VISION, AND FRUSTRATION: OMANI COMMERCE
[...] INR/B - please see biographic notes, para 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) A rising mid-level Omani commerce official recently described the rapid decline of the Omani textile industry, her experiences within the government, the ill-timed departure of the Commerce Under Secretary, and [...]
2004-12-05 03:26:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALETRD KTEX PINR EIND PREL KWMN SCUL PGOV MU
04MUSCAT2145RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S RABAT INVITATION
[...] In response to reftel letter from Secretary Powell to G-8 and Broader Middle East and North Africa foreign ministers, the Embassy received December 8 a reply letter from Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah to the Secretary under cover of a diplomatic note. The [...]
2004-12-08 14:03:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KDEM KPAO PREL ECON OPDC
04OTTAWA3187CANADA'S ATTENDANCE AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE;
[...] (U) Ambassador Cellucci delivered ref A demarche with Moroccan Ambassador Mohammed Tange November 24 to Mark Bailey, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister for Africa and the Middle East. Ambassador Cellucci stressed the importance the United States, and Secretary Powell personally, place on high-l [...]
2004-11-26 12:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALECON KDEM KMPI PREL CA
04OTTAWA3402CANADA: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Unclassified entire text. ----------- I. Summary ----------- 2. The Government of Canada is committed to reducing the harm and availability of illicit drugs within its borders. Health Canada has responsibility for overall coordination of the nation's drug strategy although other dep [...]
2004-12-17 20:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KSEP CA
04PARIS9159GOF LAUNCHES ANOTHER PROPOSAL TO FOSTER MORE
[...] (C) Summary: Internal power struggles continue to plague the Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM),the GoF-created umbrella organization which serves as the official French Muslim interlocutor with the government. Meanwhile, in the political arena, two leading contenders in the 2007 president [...]
2004-12-28 15:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR
04PRAGUE1878CZECH SUBMISSION FOR 2004-2005 INCSR PART 1, DRUGS
[...] SUMMARY. Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. Marijuana, both imported, and to a much lesser extent grown locally, is used more than any other drug. Consumption of marijuana continues to grow, particularly among the young. The popularity of Ec [...]
2004-12-23 15:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EZ
04PRETORIA4947 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH NOVEMBER 12 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2004-11-12 08:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04QUITO2480LABOR DELEGATION CONSULTATIONS IN ECUADOR
[...] (U) Summary. During a September 1-3 visit to Ecuador, an interagency labor delegation met with GoE officials, labor and business representatives and Ecuadorian civil society representatives, fulfilling the Trade Promotion Authority mandate to consult on labor law and practice and begin the f [...]
2004-09-13 20:23:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV EC
04ROME1488FAO Donor Conference on the Desert Locust Emergency
[...] Summary. Following up on its February notice (reftel),FAO held a donor conference, on April 8, 2004, regarding the serious on-going outbreak of desert locusts concentrated in Northwest Africa. According to conference presentations, about United States Dollars (USD) 17 million has been spent [...]
2004-04-15 10:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREF UN
04ROME1964INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION:
[...] Summary: Post would like to bring to Department's attention the International Development Law Organization (IDLO),a Rome-based intergovernmental organization founded twenty years ago by former USAID employees. Through training and technical assistance to the judicial sector of developing nati [...]
2004-05-20 12:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID KJUS KISL UN
04ROME2418 GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST: U.S. PRIVATE-
[...] Summary: The Global Crop Diversity Trust is an independent international endowment that aims to provide permanent funding for the world's major crop diversity collections, which provide the foundation for future improvements in agricultural productivity. The Trust has garnered firm pledges o [...]
2004-06-22 12:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO IPGRI
04ROME2867 WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONSIDERS INSURANCE-BASED
[...] WFP convened an informal briefing at its headquarters on the topic of hunger insurance on July 13. The purpose of the briefing was to gauge donor sentiment towards the idea of funding such insurance through premiums in an effort to shift risks associated with natural disasters away from crisi [...]
2004-07-23 14:25:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ADRC WFP
04ROME3669Sparring with FAO over Locusts
[...] (U) Summary. Over the past several weeks we have been active in promoting a better international response to the Sahel desert locust emergency. On September 10, 2004, USUN Rome invited permanent representatives of potential donor countries and countries affected by the current outbreak of d [...]
2004-09-22 15:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO
04ROME3681Exchanging Letters with FAO over Locusts
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, the text of Ambassador Hall's letter to FAO DG Diouf on September 16, 2004 follows: "I am writing to express the United States' concern over FAO's response to the locust plague in the Sahel. While I know that other donors share aspects of this concern, these views are not [...]
2004-09-23 11:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO
04ROME3882ITALY ASKS FOR AFRICAN FOCS AND FURTHER U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-06 10:50:00Embassy RomeSECRETKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04ROME3979LOCUST EMERGENCY: DONORS' MEETING AT FAO,
[...] Summary: At FAO Headquarters on 13 October, Director General Jacques Diouf and FAO Secretariat staff briefed representatives of donor governments and affected states on progress in bringing the locust emergency under control. FAO reported that the locust plague is "the worst in fifteen year [...]
2004-10-15 11:57:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC MASS SENV XI XY FAO
04ROME4542ITALY HOSTS INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) Summary. Per reftel demarche, Poloff attended the November 25 inauguration ceremony of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome. The one-hour event, which drew a wide-range of Ambassadors from various Middle East and North African countri [...]
2004-11-30 16:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMPI KDEM IT UNGA
04ROME902MUBARAK IN ITALY: GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Italian PM and President urged Mubarak to take a more open stance towards the Greater Middle East Initiative, noting Italy's support and the likely endorsement of the EU and NATO for the concept. Mubarak was careful not to rule out Arab participation in the initiative, but arg [...]
2004-03-08 14:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEG IT PREL XE ITALIAN POLITICS
04SANAA2556FM QIRBI WANTS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO EXPAND
[...] (S) Summary: In a follow-on meeting from his recent visit to UNGA, FM Qirbi raised questions on BMENA process with Ambassador on October 4. Noting successful and positive meetings in Washington, Qirbi promised to look into recent irritants in the bilateral relationship including recent setbac [...]
2004-10-06 07:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV EFIN YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
04SANAA723YEMENI FM: POSTPONEMENT OF PLANNED AL SUMMIT IN
[...] (c) Summary: Ambassador met with FM Qirbi on 3/31 primarily to discuss the reasons for the postponement of the Arab League summit planned for March 29-30 in Tunis. Qirbi characterized the March 27 announcement as a last-minute "surprise." Citing heated discussions on secondary issues, debat [...]
2004-03-31 13:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM
04TELAVIV1335U/S LARSON DISCUSSES "GREATER MIDDLE EAST," AN
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson reviewed the President's "Greater Middle East" vision with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Yoav Biran February 23, noting the initiative's efforts at promoting democracy, expanding education, and increasing economic cooperation. Larson sugges [...]
2004-03-04 09:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV1336ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC POLICIES GET HIGH MARKS AT THE
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S. delegation to the 2004 U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group meeting in Jerusalem (JEDG),led by Under Secretary Larson and Treasury Under Secretary Taylor, expressed satisfaction with the steps the Government of Israel has taken to implement the government's ec [...]
2004-03-04 09:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1940ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Withdrawal Plan 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night PM Sharon promised at the Likud convention that registered Likud members would get to vote on his Gaza disengagemen [...]
2004-03-31 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2257MAKING BREAD, NOT WAR, IN JAFFA: AN ISRAELI ARAB
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the mixed city of Jaffa, where Jews and Arabs buy and sell side-by-side in one of the busiest marketplace environments in Israel, prominent bakery owner Hamis Abouelafia made news this week by presenting a ceremonial loaf of leavened bread to Jews at an end-of-Passover cele [...]
2004-04-20 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV2261PERES TELLS CODEL ISSA "NO GUARANTEE THE FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: Labor leader Shimon Peres told CODEL Issa April 16 that the United States should be promoting modernization in the Middle East -- rather than democratization -- as the best means for furthering the U.S. agenda in the region. Peres recommended using business and investment as key [...]
2004-04-20 13:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6286ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Israeli soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the Gaza Strip Sunday when a booby-trapped tunnel blew up under an IDF outpost nea [...]
2004-12-13 12:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE1105CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Facilitator Johan Verboom/Netherlands held a 22 April consultation on his draft decision on the Late Receipt of Article IV and V Income and the Working Capital Fund. Regarding the preambular paragraphs, Russia and Korea expressed concern that the language regarding possessor states' resp [...]
2004-05-03 13:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1213TERRORIST FINANCE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-18 15:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1365FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Richard Cornelius Berkhout as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washingto [...]
2004-06-03 15:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1533CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DISCUSSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan provided strong support for the proposed technical change to permit conversion of the Libyan chemical weapons production facility at Rabta, although Tunisia and Sudan emphasized that they would need to await instructions from capi [...]
2004-06-21 13:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1694CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EC-37
[...] (SBU) Summary: During EC-37, the U.S., UK, Italian and Libyan dels cooperated closely in actively educating and seeking support from other EC members regarding the proposed technical change that would permit Libya to seek conversion of chemical weapons production facilities (CWPF). Without e [...]
2004-07-06 16:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE1775JULY 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 14:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER CVIS SNAR SMIG KFRD CPAS PREL EUN
04THEHAGUE1845CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA
[...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...]
2004-07-22 14:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC
04THEHAGUE2277SUMMARY 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 15:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE2388NETHERLANDS/EU: PETER CHASE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US-EU
[...] (C) Summary: At meetings with the MFA on September 10, Peter Chase (EUR/ERA Director) heard that EU Member States see new informal interest groups forming around particular issues. This variable geometry extends to EU representation at the UN, where the EU's formal division of competenci [...]
2004-09-20 10:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNL
04THEHAGUE2518CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - OCTOBER 1
[...] (U) At the October 1 consultations on the Libyan proposal to make a technical change to permit conversion of the Rabta facility, the overwhelming number of attendees voiced strong support. A limited number of "usual suspects" raised questions, in particular Pakistan, but also Russia, India an [...]
2004-10-04 14:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2750CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) On the margins of the 38th Executive Council, Del contacted Art VII noncompliant EC members to: 1) request an update regarding their status of implementation, 2) stress the importance of EC members, whom are charged with the responsibility of overseeing treaty implementation, to honor the [...]
2004-10-26 14:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE290ICJ: 48 STATEMENTS FILED IN FENCE PROCEEDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) received forty-eight written statements by its deadline of January 30 in the advisory opinion proceedings concerning "the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestinian territory" (the Fence Case). While the [...]
2004-02-05 06:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC ICJ
04THEHAGUE3219NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR DEC 13 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 8 to deliver points reftel and December 9 with Joep Wijnands, the Deputy Director, and Derk Oldenburg (MFA Dep Dir for European Enlargement). Werner expected smooth sailing on Bulga [...]
2004-12-09 12:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNL PREL KNNP IR IS TU CR RO SU UP EUN
04THEHAGUE521ANNUAL 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 06:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
04ZAGREB2001A/S JONES WELCOMES CROATIAN CONSTRUCTIVENESS IN
[...] (SBU) During their November 11 meeting, A/S Beth Jones and Prime Minister Sanader discussed steps to improve regional relations, current and possibly additional Croatian contributions to resolve international crises, and the possibility of signing an Article 98 Agreement. PM Sanader stressed [...]
2004-11-17 15:27:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KAWC HR NATO
05ABUDHABI1091UAE: 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 12:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TC
05ABUDHABI2957DOE WILLIAMSON ENERGY DISCUSSIONS IN UAE
[...] (C) Summary. DOE officials Molly Williamson and John Brodman met UAEG counterparts to discuss the UAE's oil sector and oil market issues. The delegation, accompanied by Ambassador and econoff, briefed UAEG interlocutors on Secretary Bodman's recent travel to Moscow, Baku and Kiev. SIPDIS [...]
2005-07-02 08:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG TC
05ABUDHABI3802UAE VIEWS ON CAIRO FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING
[...] (S) Summary: On September 4, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche on the upcoming Cairo Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting during a call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs. Ambassador reinforced USG views on terrorism, Israel-Palestine, Syria-Lebanon and Iraq. Al Noa [...]
2005-09-06 15:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PGOV TC
05ABUDHABI4025MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAMDAN ON IRAQ, SAUDI
[...] (U) Summary. Ambassador called on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed al Nahyan (HbZ) September 19 to thank the UAE for its $100 million in Hurricane Katrina assistance and to discuss Iraq, the UAE-Saudi border, UAE assistance to the Palestinians, and possible addi [...]
2005-09-22 15:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SA JO TC
05ABUDHABI4102SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND TEAM'S
[...] (C) Summary: The United Arab Emirates has been a key Arab partner and has supported our objectives in Iraq, condemned terror attacks, allowed Coalition forces access to UAE air force bases and ports, and hosted German training for the Iraqi military and police. UAE aid to Iraq, both pledged an [...]
2005-09-28 08:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV MASS EFIN IZ IR SY TC
05ABUDHABI5078UAE'S POPULATION TAPESTRY: AN OVERVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: While many UAE nationals see the ongoing rapid expansion of the country's expatriate population as a positive factor contributing to the UAE's 8% annual economic growth rate, others see a potential threat to their political and social fabric. Officially, foreigners are welcome in [...]
2005-12-18 11:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS SOCI IR PA IN AE
05ABUDHABI5168EXBS ADVISOR VISIT TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OCTOBER 2005
[...] Several times during the period October 9-23, EXBS Advisor met with principal US Embassy and Consulate staff to discuss the state of EXBS in UAE. Salient points of subsequent conversation were as follows: A. UAE has unique challenges with implementation of EXBS principles due to the st [...]
2005-12-21 14:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO
05ABUDHABI883EMIRATI PREPARATIONS FOR FTA TALKS CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: On February 19 Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi told Ambassador that she understood that labor was a potential "show stopper" for the USG on the FTA, and that the UAE Minister of Information had stressed to the UAE cabinet that the UAEG needed to push forward with labor [...]
2005-02-23 12:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON ELAB KBCT TC
05ACCRA49GHANA'S PRESIDENT AND PARLIAMENT SWORN IN
[...] (C) Summary: President John Kufuor was sworn in for a second term on January 7. His inauguration was delayed by several hours because of a tug-of-war over the selection of the new Speaker of Parliament, Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes. This showdown could sour relations for some time between the two [...]
2005-01-11 14:23:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALGH PGOV GOG
05ACCRA519AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S PRESIDENT ON MCA, TIP,
[...] (C) Ambassador Yates met March 9 with President Kufuor to recommend urgent action on Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, Trafficking in Persons (TIP) legislation, and planning for the April G8/NEPAD Agricultural Productivity Conference (Ref A). The President acknowledged the [...]
2005-03-15 17:22:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD KWMN PHUM PREL KMCA GH
05ALGIERS1011POLISARIO "AMBASSADOR" DELIVERS ABDELAZIZ LETTER
[...] (C) DCM met with Polisario "Ambassador" to Algiers Mohammed Beissat May 19 at Beissat's request to accept a letter from Polisario Secretary General Abdelaziz to Secretary Rice (original faxed to NEA/MAG) and for a readout SIPDIS on Abdelaziz's May 10-13 visit to the U.S. Abdelaziz's lette [...]
2005-05-20 15:18:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM OPDC WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1016AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador conducted his first official call May 21 on Foreign Minister Mohammed Bedjaoui, who was appointed May 1 in place of former Fonmin Belkhadem (septel reports their discussion of an exercise-specific SOFA). The conversation covered U.S.-Algerian relations and a possible Bedjaoui v [...]
2005-05-22 11:58:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP ABLD AG IR IS US SOFA
05ALGIERS1027BOUTEFLIKA MESSAGE TO POLISARIO MENTIONS SUPPORT
[...] (U) In a written message to Polisario Secretary General Abdelaziz on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the formation of the Polisario Front and published in the Algerian press May 22, President Bouteflika has raised eyebrows and Moroccan ire by mentioning independence for the Sahrawi pe [...]
2005-05-23 10:00:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1049SENHADJI POSITIVELY ASSESSES INAUGURAL JOINT
[...] (C) Over May 24 lunch with Ambassador, MOD Secretary General Senhadji expressed great satisfaction with his Washington visit and the inaugural session of the Joint Military Dialogue. He also indicated Algeria would approve a SOFA for the June Flintlock exercises; reaffirmed Algerian interest [...]
2005-05-25 16:33:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PGOV AG MO WI SOFA
05ALGIERS1159AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ALGERIAN-MOROCCAN
[...] (C) During June 5 meeting on other issues (septel),Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir said both Morocco and Algeria were making efforts to send positive signals to the other, proceeding with plans for Prime Ministers Ouyahia and Jettou to meet in Rabat June 21-22, and hoping to re-energize [...]
2005-06-06 13:43:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1199POLISARIO SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS THE NON-VIOLENT
[...] (SBU) In a departure from recent sabre-rattling rhetoric, Polisario leader Abdelaziz told a press gathering in Algiers June 11 it was the intent of the Sahrawis to use peaceful means in their struggle for self-determination. Blaming the Government of Morocco for the violence of late May, Abde [...]
2005-06-13 09:41:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PHUM AG WI MO
05ALGIERS1211SPANISH AMBASSADOR ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Spanish Ambassador Lena called on Ambassador June 13 to offer GOS views on the need to calm tensions in the region and brief on Spanish State Minister for External Relations Leon's June trip to the region. Lena also shared a copy of Spanish FM Moratinos' letter to Algerian FM Bedjaoui. M [...]
2005-06-15 09:43:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1243ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO MOROCCAN STATEMENT CANCELING
[...] (C) Initial Algerian government reaction to Morocco's cancellation of the June 21-22 meeting of the Algerian and Moroccan prime ministers in Rabat has taken the form of comments to the press by unidentified "diplomatic sources close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." These sources, whose c [...]
2005-06-19 15:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1251ALGERIAN CRITICISM OF MOROCCO SHARPENS
[...] (C) While there has still been no official public response to Morocco's cancellation of the June 21-22 Prime Ministers' meeting in Rabat, an unidentified diplomatic source, clearly reflecting GOA views, has sharpened Algerian criticism of Morocco's move. The official, whom we believe was Min [...]
2005-06-20 18:55:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1278ALGERIA TAKING MORE CONCILIATORY TONE TOWARD
[...] (C) Algerian FM Bedjaoui, in the GOA's first public remarks concerning Moroccan-Algerian relations since Morocco's cancellation of the prime ministers' meeting in Rabat, has struck a conciliatory tone. Alongside visiting Dutch FM Bot June 22, Bedjaoui called for "cooling things down" and not [...]
2005-06-26 12:37:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1358JULY 3 DISCUSSION OF MOROCCAN-ALGERIAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) In an extended exchange July 3 with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir, Ambassador reviewed reftel talking points, expressing strong U.S. disappointment over recent setbacks in Moroccan-Algerian relations, noting that provocative actions from both sides had contributed to the current seri [...]
2005-07-05 11:58:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM PGOV AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1379PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA'S INTERVIEW IN THE TUNISIAN
[...] (C) Part of the continuing problem between Morocco and Algeria stems from their habit of protesting their own side's innocence while giving highly colored and exaggerated accounts of the other side's actions and statements. To take but one example, Algerian protestations that Bouteflika's let [...]
2005-07-09 16:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
05ALGIERS1422BELKHADEM REBUKES FRANCE ON RELATIONS WITH MOROCCO
[...] (U) During a visit to Casablanca on July 12, French Foreign Minister Phillipe Douste-Blazy gave an interview to the Moroccan daily Le Matin Du Sahara commenting on the need for resolution of the Western Sahara dispute. Douste-Blazy stated that France, like Spain and its other partners, was [...]
2005-07-14 08:51:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL MO FR AG
05ALGIERS1508BELKHEIR RAISES MOROCCAN REQUEST TO DESIGNATE
[...] (C) During a July 18 meeting with Charge on other issues, Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir raised reports that Morocco has requested the U.S. to designate the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization. Belkheir asserted that an American organization called The Institute for the Preventi [...]
2005-07-18 12:15:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1542(S) BELKHEIR STRESSES NEED FOR MOROCCO TO MOVE ON
[...] (C) Charge delivered ref (a) points confirming that the USG has no intention at this time of designating the Polisario as a terrorist organization to Presidential Chief of Staff Larbi Belkheir July 23. Noting that U.S. policy toward the Polisario remained unchanged, Charge also stressed our [...]
2005-07-24 13:56:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPTER PREL WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1590BOUTEFLIKA CONGRATULATES KING MOHAMMED
[...] The Algerian media reported July 31 the text of President Bouteflika's July 30 message to Moroccan King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the Throne Day holiday. Bouteflika expressed "his warmest congratulations and dearest wishes" to the king, praying that God protect him and grant him health a [...]
2005-08-01 16:48:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AG MO
05ALGIERS1591AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-ALGERIAN COOPERATION,
[...] (C) Ambassador was the first official caller on newly appointed MFA Secretary General Ramdane Lamamra July 31. Lamamra, a former Ambassador to Washington from 1996-99 and to the UN from 1993-96, was recalled from Lisbon last week to replace a colleague (former Secretary General Hocine Meghlao [...]
2005-08-01 17:50:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD MARR AG MO WI IZ US SOFA
05ALGIERS1624ALGERIA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-08 08:24:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB AG OPIC USTR
05ALGIERS1765LUGAR VISIT AFTERMATH
[...] (C) Despite some scattered grumbling in the media and elsewhere about U.S. "pressure" and unaddressed humanitarian concerns vis-a-vis the Sahrawis, press coverage of Senator Lugar's humanitarian mission and the unconditional release of all remaining Moroccan prisoners by the Polisario has been [...]
2005-08-21 15:25:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1766SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES AND UN
[...] (C) During their August 18 meeting, President Bouteflika and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Richard Lugar discussed Morocco and the Western Sahara (ref A),U.S.-Algerian bilateral relations, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, the coup in Mau [...]
2005-08-21 16:40:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER XF AG UNSC US
05ALGIERS1768SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH POLISARIO LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 18 meeting with Senator Lugar, Polisario leader Abdelaziz thanked him, the U.S., and President Bush for their help in releasing to the International Red Cross the final 404 Polisario-held prisoners scheduled to return to their families in Morocco. Abdelaziz hoped th [...]
2005-08-22 05:55:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1771RETIRED CHOD COMMENTS ON MOROCCAN BORDER ISSUES
[...] (C) At a dinner hosted by the Saudi Defense Attache August 20, DCM was seated facing former Algerian CHOD General Mohammed Lamari, who retired one year ago. The Tunisian and Moroccan attaches were seated at the same table. Lamari began reminiscing about the war of independence from France, [...]
2005-08-22 12:00:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MOPS AG MO FR
05ALGIERS1836DESPITE SOME EARLIER CONCERNS, GOA TAKING POSITIVE
[...] (C) Ambassador separately called on Minister-Delegate Messahel and Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir August 27 to express appreciation for Algeria's role in the Moroccan POW release, take a temperature reading, and discuss the way ahead. Both men expressed satisfaction over the success of [...]
2005-08-29 10:25:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1910POLISARIO AMBASSADOR URGES U.S. "GESTURE"
[...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Beissat told DCM September 6 that there was considerable internal criticism of Polisario leader Abdelaziz following the Lugar mission due to the impression that the Polisario had received nothing in return for releasing the Moroccan prisoners. Beissat urg [...]
2005-09-11 11:53:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1911POST LUGAR MISSION: ALGERIAN FM BEDJAOUI ON
[...] (C) In an August 31 meeting on several topics with FM Bedjaoui, Ambassador reaffirmed President Bush's appreciation for Algeria's help in facilitating the release of the final 404 Moroccan prisoners previously held by the Polisario. Making reference to President Bush's letter to President Bou [...]
2005-09-11 12:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
05ALGIERS2042DELIVERY OF PRESIDENT'S LETTER ON WESTERN
[...] (C) Responding to delivery of the President's letter, Algerian Presidential Adviser Rahal agreed with the President's message and the desirability of improved Algerian-Moroccan relations but did not demonstrate any flexibility or imagination as to how Algeria might contribute to such a process [...]
2005-10-03 17:30:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL MO WI AG
05ALGIERS2045ALGERIAN DRAFT RESOLUTION ON WESTERN SAHARA IN
[...] DCM represented the Embassy at a meeting October 3 convoked by MFA with the ambassadors of North and South American states. MFA Acting Director General for the Americas Abderrahmane Benmokhtar explained that Algeria is about to introduce a draft resolution on the Western Sahara in the UNGA's [...]
2005-10-04 15:46:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL WI MO AG UNGA
05ALGIERS2048MFA SECRETARY GENERAL SKEPTICAL ABOUT IMPROVING
[...] (C) MFA Secretary General Lamamra, in the context of Ambassador's delivery of the President's September 30 letter urging improved Moroccan-Algerian relations, showed little flexibility vis a vis Morocco, reinforcing our impression that the Algerian leadership has given up hope of any near-term [...]
2005-10-04 17:28:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MO AG UN
05ALGIERS2059UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BASTAGLI'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) UN Special Representative to the Secretary General for the Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli briefed Ambassador October 1 on his meetings in the region since taking up his new duties. He expressed appreciation for the U.S. contribution to resolving Western Sahara issues; spoke of the nee [...]
2005-10-05 15:00:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM PTER AG MO WI UN
05ALGIERS2082GOA RESPONDS TO MOROCCAN ACCUSATIONS ON
[...] (U) In recent days, Algerian media have devoted much coverage to the plight of African migrants attempting to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which are located in northern Morocco. The coverage has focused primarily on the allegedly dire humanitarian situation of the migrant [...]
2005-10-10 15:42:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG AG MO XA
05ALGIERS2132MFA RESPONDS SHARPLY TO MOROCCAN ACCUSATIONS OF
[...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an unusually sharply worded official response October 17 to the October 16 comments of Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou that "strongly condemned Algeria and the Polisario's exploitation of the very complex immigration issue to achieve cheap propaganda [...]
2005-10-18 15:34:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SMIG AG MO
05ALGIERS2228 Algeria Economic Highlights
[...] Oil Export Revenues expected to hit $40 Billion 2. French Interest in Bank Privatization 3. Booming Mobile Phone Sector 4. Spanish Aquatia Selected for Desalination Plant 5. Algeria Among Least Transparent Countries 6. $51 Billion Foreign Exchange Reserve 7. Algerian Purchasing Power Do [...]
2005-11-02 15:27:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALGIERS2289FAREWELL LUNCH WITH BELKHEIR ON EVE OF HIS TAKING
[...] (C) Over a one-on-one lunch November 6, Ambassador and departing presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir discussed the latter's November 9 departure to Rabat as Algeria' new ambassador, the challenges that awaited, and the personal factors that made him well-suited for the difficult task of build [...]
2005-11-14 13:27:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO AG WI
05ALGIERS839MG SENHADJI SEES JOINT MILITARY DIALOGUE AS STEP
[...] (C) MOD Secretary General Senhadji discussed with Ambassador April 25 the upcoming Joint Military Dialogue talks in Washington (May 10-11),expressing appreciation for the excellent program that has been arranged and exchanging views on what to expect from these talks. He agreed with Ambassad [...]
2005-04-26 15:31:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS AG SOFA
05ALGIERS883TEMMAR: MUCH WORK REMAINS ON WTO ACCESSION;
[...] (C) Ambassador called on Presidential Economic Advisor Temmar April 30 to conduct an informal discussion, based on guidance from USTR, on Algeria's WTO accession progress, as well as to follow up with the status of banking reform, GOA's internal IPR reform, and movement on the east-west highway [...]
2005-05-03 18:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALECON EINV AORC AG USTR WTRO WTO
05AMMAN1147UPDATE ON U.S.-JORDAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT JOINT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 5 and 14. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since USTR hosted Jordan at the annual Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee (JC) meeting last June, steady progress has been made on the twelve action items raised. Five action items are completed, from t [...]
2005-02-09 15:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD SENV CVIS PREL EAGR KTIA JO
05AMMAN13JORDAN, ISRAEL UPGRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TO CREATE
[...] (SBU) Jordan hosted the signing of an upgraded trade agreement with Israel December 23 to take aim at a Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) arrangement with the EU using cumulation of content under a pending Pan-Euro-Mediterranean rules of origin system. The pact moves Jordan and Israel toward [...]
2005-01-03 12:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL KTIA KTEX IS JO
05AMMAN1351ARAB COUNTRIES LAUNCH GFD INITIATIVE; PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) At a February 6-7 conference in Jordan, representatives of Arab governments formally launched the "Governance for Development in the Arab Countries" (GFD) initiative under the auspices of King Abdullah. The GFD calls for partnerships between Arab states and OECD countries and the UNDP [...]
2005-02-17 14:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM KMPI ECON EINV JO
05AMMAN1697SUCCESS WITH JORDAN COPYRIGHT LAW, CENSORSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's parliament has approved new copyright legislation, and we expect King Abdullah to sign it into law soon. Censorship fees (ref A) are also reportedly to be restructured shortly, using a formula acceptable to key IPR supporters in private industry. Finally, a MEPI-spon [...]
2005-03-01 08:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKIPR ETRD PREL KTIA JO
05AMMAN3533LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH - EPA'S HELI PROGRAM
[...] Summary: EPA's Children's Environmental Health Indicators (CEHI) program and the Health and Environment Linkage Initiative (HELI) program, co-chaired by UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO),seek to assess the health costs of environmental factors and ultimatel [...]
2005-05-05 12:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO XF JO
05AMMAN3649JORDAN HAS A PROMISING NEW ECONOMIC TEAM, BUT CAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's new economic team only took office as part of the new cabinet on April 7 but has already shown its eagerness to move ahead with economic reform. It has quickly moved to resolve several long-standing economic and investment problems. In an initial series of calls with [...]
2005-05-10 03:33:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN PGOV JO
05AMMAN4440ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne met with two new reformist Jordanian ministers from the Ministries of Trade and Planning on the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment Finance Conference held in Amman May 18. Both laid out the GOJ's aggressive plans for fiscal reform, [...]
2005-06-05 13:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG EAID ECON JO
05AMMAN4597BMENA CONFERENCE: A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment Conference in Amman on May 18, Pakistan's Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar told Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne that her government was pleased to be part of the BMENA process and was committed to broa [...]
2005-06-09 05:25:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID KMPI PREL ECON JO PK
05AMMAN531JORDAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005
[...] In response to reftel request, post submits the Investment Climate Statement for 2005 for Jordan. As requested, post will also send a copy of the ICS via email to EB/IFD/OIA. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, JORDAN: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment Since [...]
2005-01-23 07:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB JO OPIC USTR
05AMMAN5728SENATOR LEVIN MEETS JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Levin met King Abdullah on July 7 to discuss key issues in the region, most notably the Iraq reconstruction process. The King commented on the ongoing insurgency, and identified steps to end it, including a more inclusive political process and poverty alleviation. The King [...]
2005-07-19 06:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV OREP JO
05AMMAN627JORDAN: 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 09:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL JO
05AMMAN6568CODEL KING MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel King met with Saad Khayr, the King's National Security Advisor, General Mohammed Al-Eitan, Director of the Public Security Directorate (PSD),and Major General Samih Asfura, Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) during their visit to Amman on August 2. Discu [...]
2005-08-17 11:13:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KPAL OREP IZ JO
05AMMAN9562SESAME Synchrotron: Middle East Sees the Light
[...] Summary: SESAME (Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East),an international project to operate the first synchrotron in the Arab world, met in Amman on December 5-7 to assess progress, plan a strategy, and attract potential users. SESAME will upgrade a [...]
2005-12-12 09:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY XF JO
05ANKARA1802ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1832ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2342ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-26 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA322 Suggested Services Market Access Priorities
[...] As requested reftel, Embassy has ranked market access priorities for Turkey's services sectors. We have also consulted with the local American business chamber on these priorities. Rank 1 are the highest priorities and 5 are the lowest. In addition, market openness is rated as high, medium [...]
2005-01-18 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD TU
05ANKARA331TIP 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 08:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3473ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-17 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4127ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5035ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-26 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5061ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5421ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5948TIP 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 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA6315TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 2005
[...] The 7th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the bi-annual Turkish defense fair) was held on September 27-30 in Ankara. Four hundred thirty-one companies from 52 countries participated in the fair. Twenty-one American companies had stands in IDEF: Boeing, Bren-Tronics, CPS, EOTECH, Ha [...]
2005-10-19 07:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA6750ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 16:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7016ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 05:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7068 UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF
[...] (U) Embassy Ankara looks forward to welcoming you to Turkey. This will be the first high-level FBI visit to Turkey since Director Freeh came in 1998, prior to the opening of the Legat office in Ankara in October 1999. Turkish government and press interest in your visit will be very high. Yo [...]
2005-12-01 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PGOV KTFN TU
05ASUNCION570PARAGUAY: EXPANDING RELATIONS WITH THE ARAB WORLD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the course of the past year, Paraguay has sought to expand relations with the Arab world by seeking diplomatic relations with Arab nations, including plans for Embassies to open in Palestine and Lebanon. It has also launched a series of trade and business initiatives with [...]
2005-04-26 21:15:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PA
05ATHENS1872005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-18 07:45:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR
05ATHENS589GREECE 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 17:22:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GR TIP
05BAGHDAD3137IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Zebari told Ambassador on July 28 that MFA plans to open 30 new embassies and train 500 new diplomats who represent a broad cross-section of Iraqi society. Ambassador told Zebari a more assertive Iraqi diplomacy is needed. The Iraqi Foreign Minister said the Ir [...]
2005-07-29 14:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
05BOGOTA1750UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Carolina Barco told U/S Grossman on February 14 that the GOC was satisfied with the international donors conference in Cartagena, in particular with USAID Administrator's speech and the NGO declaration. The latter would be a solid foundation on which to deepen GOC [...]
2005-02-24 12:11:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CO
05BRASILIA1229ARAB-SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: MISSING HEADS OF STATE
[...] (U) On the eve of the Arab-South America Summit in Brasilia, one key point of contention is preventing consensus on the long-running negotiation over a Summit Declaration, according to the local press. On Sunday May 8, senior representatives from the Palestinian Authority and Lebanon, with [...]
2005-05-10 12:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD XR XF
05BRASILIA212BRAZIL'S 2005 TRADE AGENDA: MORE OF THE SAME
[...] (U) This cable has been coordinated with AmConsulate Sao Paulo. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Changing the "geography of trade" has become a Lula administration hallmark. Over the past two years, the GoB has aggressively used Brazilian and Mercosul trade policy to strengthen eco [...]
2005-01-24 16:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD BR WTRO
05BRASILIA718BRAZIL: OLMERT VISIT A SUCCESS, BUT SUMMIT STILL
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Olmert reportedly enjoyed a successful visit to Brazil last week, however, he was apparently unable to convince the GOB to take a tougher approach -- from the Israeli perspective -- with Arab interlocutors in preparation for the Ar [...]
2005-03-16 11:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KSUM ETRD XF XM IS BR
05BRASILIA72BRAZIL - DEMARCHE ON ITU/WTSA VETO ISSUE
[...] In a January 5 meeting, EconOffs made reftel points to Luis Fernando Serra and Bruno Carvalho Ramos of ANATEL (Brazil's Telecommunications Regulatory Agency and the entity here responsible for ITU issues). Serra is the Head of the Office of International Affairs and a career diplomat. Ramos, [...]
2005-01-07 10:47:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECPS ECON PGOV BR ITU
05BRUSSELS114ACTION PLANS FOR THE EU NEIGHBORHOOD: DO THEY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the European Union announced with great fanfare seven "Neighborhood Action Plans" -- one step in the process of defining and developing the EU's relationships with the countries in its "Neighborhood" that at this point seem unlikely to become membership candidat [...]
2005-01-11 15:18:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV PHUM ZL XH XF XI EUN ETRO USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1239MIGRATION, 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 14:28:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF SMIG PHUM KWMN EAID ELAB OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1514 WARSAW WINS SEAT OF EU BORDER AGENCY; EU
[...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 14 agreed that Warsaw would be the seat of the newly created Agency for the management of the EU external borders. The ministers also agreed to intensify contacts with Libya in order to combat illegal immigration, while insisting t [...]
2005-04-15 14:29:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF SMIG PL AL LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1685DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNHCR STATUS AND ACCESS TO REFUGEES IN LIBYA
[...] (C) Summary. On April 21, PRMOff delivered reftel message to Nicola Annecchino, European Commission (EC) Head of Unit for Asylum and Migration Issues at Directorate General Justice Freedom and Security (JFS),regarding the status of UNHCR and the plight of asylum seekers in Libya. During a f [...]
2005-04-28 15:13:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM SMIG LY USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2455ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH AND FRENCH DIRECTOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a June 21 meeting in Brussels, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and French MFA Middle East/North Africa Director Jean-Francois Thibault welcomed the excellent U.S.-France cooperation on Lebanon and agreed that close coordination would remain critical as the new governmen [...]
2005-06-27 14:20:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PTER SY XF LE FR USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4300TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...]
2005-12-06 11:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS543S/CT POPE AND EU CT COORDINATOR DE VRIES REVIEW
[...] Summary. Acting CT Coordinator William Pope met with EU CT Coordinator Gijs de Vries to review areas of current and potential future cooperation on terrorism. Asked by de Vries where EU Member States should invest more effort, Pope responded that Europeans should look carefully at their lega [...]
2005-02-07 14:52:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS PREL PTER USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS638SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO BRUSSELS OF ONDCP
[...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit to Brussels comes at an important juncture in U.S.-EU relations. The transatlantic dialogue has been given a dramatic boost from the recent visit of Secretary of State Rice. Her meetings with the EU have laid the foundation for the upcoming visit of President Bus [...]
2005-02-14 16:00:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM OTRA SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05CAIRO2089LETTER TO SECRETARY FROM PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN
[...] (C) The Embassy received on March 1, 2005 a letter addressed to the Secretary from Nabil Soliman, who was returned by the United States to Egypt in June 2002. Soliman was convicted by an Egyptian State Security Court in November 2002 of membership in Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Soliman receive [...]
2005-03-17 13:50:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER KJUS EG
05CAIRO3780EGYPT TO CONSIDER NOMINATION OF JUDGE BUERGENTHAL
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 12 on the candidacy of Judge Thomas Buergenthal to MFA Second Secretary in the Office of Specialized Agencies Ms. Sohad Sabry. Sabry welcomed the diplomatic note and accompanying documentation relating to Mr. Buergenthal's candidacy for re-election as jud [...]
2005-05-17 14:37:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EG UNSC UNGA
05CAIRO5000EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-03 10:00:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO5083PDAS CHENEY'S MEETING WITH GOE MINISTER OF
[...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin to discuss the Fund for the Future. The U.S. envisioned contributing $50 million to the Fund, Cheney explained, and would like Egypt to participate along with Morocco, which had already agreed in principle to [...]
2005-07-06 16:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV EG
05CAIRO5524VISIT OF NEA PDAS CHENEY: PM NAZIF REVIEWS U.S.
[...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with PM Nazif, Minister of Trade Rashid Rashid and Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin June 30th for almost an hour at Nazif,s office in the "Smart Village" outside Cairo. Cheney urged a more proactive GOE role on direct USG assistance to NGOs in Egypt in the [...]
2005-07-19 15:00:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5935NEA SENIOR ADVISOR MALLORY MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN
[...] (SBU) NEA Senior Advisor King Mallory and private sector consultant Ahmed Dabbous met on July 28 with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin. Mohieldin was accompanied by Mohamed Atallah, Vice Chairman of the General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (GAFI),and the Hani Sar [...]
2005-08-02 13:14:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV EG
05CAIRO6488ECONOMIC STUDY SEES BENEFITS TO FTA
[...] (SBU) A U.S.-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be politically and economically beneficial for both Egypt and United States, according to a new study by the Washington- based Institute for International Economics (IIE). The authors assert that the timing is right for Egypt to conclude an [...]
2005-08-23 12:13:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV EIND EG USTR
05CAIRO6494MAURITANIA: EGYPT MAINTAINING A LOW PROFILE ON
[...] (C) During an August 22 meeting on other topics with MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for Arab affairs, Alaa Hadidi, poloff inquired into GOE policy toward the recent coup d'etat in Mauritania. Hadidi acknowledged Egypt's relatively quiet public posture on the coup and stated that Egypt [...]
2005-08-23 15:11:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KDEM EG MR
05CAIRO8937PROGRESS WITH CUSTOMS AND TRADE REFORM IN EGYPT
[...] This report outlines the major reforms undertaken by the GOE in the customs and trade areas since the appointment of the new Cabinet in July 2004, highlighting USAID's support for the process. It updates and expands on Cairo 00367 dated January 15, 2004 on customs reform. 2. Under the le [...]
2005-11-29 14:10:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDEG EWWT ECON EAID ETRD
05CAIRO9386 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR ARAB
[...] The impact of the Arab League boycott of Israel on U.S. trade and investment the Middle East and North Africa varies from country to country. While it remains a serious barrier for U.S. firms attempting to export to some countries in the region from Israel, the boycott has virtually no effect [...]
2005-12-20 15:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EG USTR
05CAIRO9581CAIRO REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON JUDICIAL/CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo has been working with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, and the Regional Representative of the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime to support a Regional Conference on International Cooperation in Judicial and Criminal Matt [...]
2005-12-29 16:23:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KCRM KJUS EG
05CASABLANCA1269 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2005 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on December 9, 2005. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by representatives from CG, CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, and LEGATT, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2005-12-10 14:25:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
05CASABLANCA1295FINANCIAL SERVICES VOLUNTEER CORPS MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC),accompanied by Ambassador and Econoff, met with Prime Minister Jettou on December 2 to discuss FSVC's programs and solicit Jettou's thoughts on Morocco's financial sector. Jettou described Morocco's business env [...]
2005-12-16 15:23:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND ETRD MO
05CASABLANCA1316 IOM AND GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO HOLD JOINT
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Marking International Migrants Day, December 18, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) released a statement saying, "More attention should be paid by the international community to the large numb [...]
2005-12-21 11:29:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI ELAB MO
05CASABLANCA1341 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-27 16:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREL MO
05DJIBOUTI288DORALE RADIO PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION, CREATES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is an action request, see paragraph 8. The International Board of Broadcasting's three year, $1.2 million renovation of Radio Television Djibouti's Dorale transmitting station is nearing completion. The renovations give RTD expanded broadcasting capability, allowing its sign [...]
2005-03-22 08:50:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO DJ BBG
05DJIBOUTI343DJIBOUTI FREE ZONE
[...] (U) Summary: Djibouti Free Zone (DFZ),inaugurated in June 2004, is a pilot project for the larger free zone planned for Doraleh Port. Djibouti Port and Free Zone Authority (DPFZA) controls the DFZ and delivers licenses to eligible firms. DPFZA gave the management of the free zone to Jebel [...]
2005-04-10 13:52:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN EAID PGOV DJ TC
05DJIBOUTI470DJIBOUTI - COLLOCATION WAIVER INFORMATION
[...] The U.S. Mission in Djibouti currently consists of five USG agencies: State, USAID, DOD/CENTCOM, which is represented by a military liaison officer called USLO, Navy Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS),and IBB. 2. State, AID USLO and NCIS will be collocated on the NEC. 3. IBB broadcas [...]
2005-05-16 07:21:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDABLD ASEC AMGT DJ
05DOHA1081G77 Begins the Second "South Summit" in Qatar
[...] (U) Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 UN bloc met June 13 in Doha as part of the second "South Summit." Heads of State, largely from the African, Pacific, and Arab regions, will meet June 15 and 16. The conference is expected to deal with issues of UN reform, international development assist [...]
2005-06-15 08:57:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD KDEM QA UN
05DOHA1567AL JAZEERA INTERNATIONAL: THE HASSAN AND JOSH SHOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pol/Econ chief participated September 2 in the filming of an Al Jazeera International pilot program not intended for broadcast. The program, co-hosted by two personalities prominent in the 2004 documentary `Control Room', still lacks polish. AJI operations are still in a somewha [...]
2005-09-13 10:50:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA15939/17 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: PAO met 9/17 with Wadah Khanfar, Managing Director of Al Jazeera (AJ). The following topics were discussed: Para 2: Khanfar's view of GWOT; Para 3: A new entity: "The Al Jazeera Network" Paras 4-7: Al Jazeera's relations with Arab governments (including Iraq's); Paras 5: USG [...]
2005-09-18 13:08:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PTER QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1907QATAR: OUTLINE OF DRAFT NATIONALITY LAW
[...] (C) Summary. A draft law on nationality shared with the Embassy limits the number of foreigners who can be granted Qatari nationality to 50 per year. Those nationalized would not have the right to vote and their citizenship could be revoked upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Interior. [...]
2005-11-30 07:16:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM QA
05DUBLIN139IRISH NOT TO ATTEND MOROCCO FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 15:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON SOCI EAID KPAO
05DUBLIN47IRELAND - 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Over the past twenty years, Irish governments have actively promoted foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has helped Ireland to achieve unprecedented economic growth during this "Celtic Tiger" period. FDI flows into Ireland increased from an annual average of USD 140 million in [...]
2005-01-14 16:58:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
05FRANKFURT8115CG Frankfurt Iftaar Bolsters Ties, U.S. Image
[...] (U) ConGen Frankfurt recently hosted its first Iftaar event (featuring U.S. Army Muslim chaplains) during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as part of our outreach to the large Muslim community in Post's district. The many guests expressed their gratitude and praised USG efforts to reach out t [...]
2005-11-09 14:54:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL PGOV PHUM GM
05GENEVA1052UNHCR ON WESTERN SAHARA, LIBYA, AND MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: In response to refs A and B, Mission Geneva's Joe Cassidy and Anne Phillips met with officials from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) April 25 to brief on demarches directed to Algiers and Tripoli on refugee issues. UNHCR's Deputy Director in charge o [...]
2005-04-26 03:16:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG XI UNHCR
05GENEVA1238 WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS - FEBRUARY 7-25, 2005
[...] (U) Summary: The WTO services three week "mega cluster" took place in Geneva, February 7- 25, 2005. The meetings focused on preparations for revised offers indicatively due May 2005 with many "friends" groups presenting sector-specific proposals aimed at eliciting market access commitments [...]
2005-05-20 10:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTO
05GENEVA1648WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS
[...] (U) The WIPO SCP met June 1 and 2, 2005, at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva to once again discuss proposals for moving work on substantive patent law harmonization forward. No agreement was reached, thus calling into question whether WIPO is the appropriate venue for achieving harmonization. END [...]
2005-07-05 12:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR WIPO
05GENEVA2370 REPORT ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS
[...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from September 19-23, 2005 to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...]
2005-10-03 09:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2412 REPORT ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS
[...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from September 19-23, 2005 to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...]
2005-10-06 12:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2465UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #1: OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Summary: The Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees met October 3-7 in Geneva. As per ref a, USDEL was led by PRM acting Assistant Secretary Rich Greene and included representatives of USAID SIPDIS and DHS, as well as two NGOs. This cable summarizes [...]
2005-10-13 14:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA2714IOM 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 07:56:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF IOM
05GENEVA2732FIVE SRS NOTIFYING UNITED STATES THEY ARE
[...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs who are conducting an investigation on detainees at Guantanamo regarding their intention to seek cooperation from the Governments of Afghanistan, France, Morocco, Pakistan and Spain to allow them access so that the [...]
2005-11-09 06:23:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHCR
05ISLAMABAD17267 SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST
[...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...]
2005-11-21 21:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PK PREL SENV
05ISTANBUL1075BMENAI: MFA BMENAI COORDINATOR AND NEA DAS CARPENTER DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: In a cordial June 21 meeting with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter in Istanbul, MFA Coordinator for the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENAI) Ambassador Omur Orhun reiterated Turkey's strong support for the initiative and its determination to express that support throu [...]
2005-06-23 14:07:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL TU
05ISTANBUL1080DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE COMES TO LIFE IN
[...] (U) Summary: A June 20-21 Istanbul symposium within the framework of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) focused on "Empowering Women in Public Life and Democratic Development in the BMENA Region." At this first issue-focused DAD activity, nearly 100 NGO and government representatives e [...]
2005-06-23 16:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL TU XD XF XI
05ISTANBUL1283BMENA REGION BUSINESSWOMEN BRAINSTORM IN ISTANBUL
[...] (U) Summary: On July 11-12, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Istanbul Center hosted a workshop on "Building Awareness of Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)," at which some 90 participants from MENA and other countries brainst [...]
2005-07-26 07:53:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KWMN KMPI TU XD XF XI BMENA
05ISTANBUL1729Steering Group for Middle East and North Africa
[...] (SBU) Summary: The steering group of the MENA OECD program met on October 3-4 in Istanbul. Key developments included advancing work on a ministerial declaration, discussing individual national reform agendas that would be presented at the ministerial, reviewing funding needs for the program [...]
2005-10-05 14:03:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV TU OECD
05KINSHASA1783ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS AGAINST MILITIAS "BEARING
[...] (C) Summary. Recent joint operations by MONUC and Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against militia groups in the Ituri district have seen promising results, according to MONUC officials. Nearly 1,000 militia members have turned themselves in during the past month and mo [...]
2005-10-26 16:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA271MOROCCO ACTS AGAINST PEACEKEEPERS ACCUSED OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-16 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PHUM CG
05KUWAIT113KUWAIT 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 07:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON KTDB KU OPIC USTR
05KUWAIT1883KUWAIT FUND: SPREADING GOODWILL WITH THE OIL MONEY
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: During a May 4 meeting with newly appointed Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Abdulwahab Al-Bader and Deputy DG for Operations and Disbursement Hisham Al-Waqayan, the Ambassador thanked the Kuwait Fund for its work in places of need around [...]
2005-05-08 05:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PINR KU
05KUWAIT3290HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS TO IRAQ:
[...] (C) Charge delivered July 25 ref a demarche to Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, President of the National Security Bureau (NSB). He explained that the U.S. was approaching several governments, with an emphasis on Iraq's neighbors, to underscore concerns about the presence of foreign fighters [...]
2005-07-25 14:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KISL KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4325MEPI-FUNDED REGIONAL CAMPAIGN SCHOOL BRINGS ARAB
[...] (U) Summary. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) held in Kuwait from September 25 - 28, the fourth regional campaign school funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). "Partners in Participation" attracted women activists from 14 countries in the Middle East and North Afri [...]
2005-10-05 09:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL PINR KU XF WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS MEPI
05KUWAIT5285MEPI AND BMENA IN KUWAIT: YOUNG ARAB LEADERS
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT On December 27, Ambassador met with Maha Al-Ghunaim, Vice-Chairperson and Managing Director of Global Investment House (GIH),to discuss the Young Arab Leaders organization in Kuwait (YAL-K). Also on 12/27, Ambassador spoke with Kuwait Economic Society head Dr. Rola Dasth [...]
2005-12-28 12:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMPI PINR KDEM KPAO ECON EAID KU
05KUWAIT797SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MARCH 3-4, 2005
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait Madame Secretary. You will meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. We are also making arrangements for you to sign the condolence book at the headquarters of the National Comm [...]
2005-02-22 15:39:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN EAID MARR KU
05LILONGWE930MALAWI ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) In a recent conference with Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau, director Gustave Kaliwo described the status of his agency's new and ongoing prosecutions. Three new cases are significant: the upcoming deposition of former president Bakili Muluzi in an investigation against him, and the rece [...]
2005-10-25 09:41:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KCOR EINV KHLS MI
05LIMA2226ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON HANDLING OF RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Foreign Minister Armando Lecaros, in response to a query from the Ambassador during a meeting on 5/16, stated that the Foreign Ministry has worked closely with President Alejandro Toledo in handling the crisis in bilateral relations with Chile over the latter's delivery o [...]
2005-05-18 16:11:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PE CI
05MADRID12004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID100INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March, 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish l [...]
2005-01-12 12:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB SP OPIC USTR
05MADRID1010ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS WITH SPANISH
[...] (C) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales held bilateral meetings with Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso and Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar on the margins of his March 10-11 visit to Spain to represent the USG at the commemoration honoring the victims of the March [...]
2005-03-16 13:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID112004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN CORRECTED VERSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 16:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID1305 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING 13 INDIVIDUALS ON APRIL 1, 2005 IN CONNECTION WITH THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID. THE ARRE [...]
2005-04-06 08:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1349GWOT ASSESSMENT: MADRID FEEDBACK
[...] (C) Summary. We appreciate the opportunity to weigh in on issues related to the Global War on Terrorism per reftel action request. Overall, counterterrorism cooperation between the U.S. and Spain is excellent, remaining a cornerstone of the bilateral relationship despite friction on other important [...]
2005-04-07 12:04:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PREL SP
05MADRID1353MFA OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE PROGRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) MFA DAS for Maghreb Affairs Carlos Fernandez Arias told poloff on March 31 that Spain sees few signs of progress in negotiations to resolve the Western Sahara dispute and only limited indications of improved Moroccan-Algerian relations. Arias (protect) said FM Moratinos and other GOS poli [...]
2005-04-07 14:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER MO SP
05MADRID1456SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG POSITION ON
[...] (C) On April 13, Poloff delivered demarche as per instructions in reftel A to MFA Maghreb office director Carlos Fernandez Arias. Arias said that he was aware that the Department had shared a similar message with the Spanish Embassy in an April 12th meeting. He appreciated the USG's detailed [...]
2005-04-14 15:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL AG MO WI SP
05MADRID1517 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF APR. 16, 2005, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT EXAMINING JUDGE FOR THE MARCH 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS, ORDERED THE UNCONDITIONAL IMPRISONMENT [...]
2005-04-20 11:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1560 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE RADICAL ISLAMIST ACTIVITY OF TWO MOROCCANS IMPRISONED IN SPAIN. AS OF LATE MARCH 2005, THE SPANISH AUTHORI [...]
2005-04-21 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1584MASS TRIAL OF AL-QA'IDA SUSPECTS GETS UNDERWAY
[...] (U) Spanish prosecutors launched their case against al-Qa'ida financier Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas and 23 associated defendants on April 22 before the Fifth Magistrate of Spain's National Court. The defendants were named in a September 2003 indictment handed down by high-profile judge Baltasar [...]
2005-04-22 16:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
05MADRID1604SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER: VENEZUELA DEAL DESIGNED
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge April 22, Minister of Defense Jose Bono said the only reason Spain was selling military ships to Venezuela was to help troubled Izar shipyard. Protesting Izar workers had put a lot of pressure on the Zapatero government, said Bono. He assured Charge that none o [...]
2005-04-26 06:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP
05MADRID1816FM MORATINOS URGES NORTH AFRICAN "COLLECTIVE
[...] (U) During a visit to Paris, FM Miguel Angel Moratinos urged the governments of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania to begin laying the groundwork for the formation of a "collective security system" to help foster regional stability. Moratinos acknowledged that his recommendation [...]
2005-05-12 14:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SP
05MADRID1892U.S. COMMERCIAL VESSEL REQUEST TO MEET WITH OES
[...] This is an action request for OES/OA -- see paragraph 7 2. SUMMARY: Mr. Chuck Collins, representative of 3U Technologies, requests to meet with OES/OA, L/OES, and other OES experts sometime between May 23-25 to discuss several options his company is considering pending resolution of its [...]
2005-05-18 10:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP
05MADRID2209OPPOSITION HITS MORATINOS ON WESTERN SAHARA/MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary. FM Moratinos faced vigorous opposition criticism this week for declining to condemn Morocco's refusal to admit two Spanish political delegations seeking to visit Laayoun as a demonstration of support for the Sahrawis. The opposition Popular Party has been the most vocal critic, [...]
2005-06-08 15:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MO WS SP
05MADRID2332 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH NEWS OF JUNE 15, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN SPAIN, RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 11 ALLEGE [...]
2005-06-16 13:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2337 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF JUNE 16, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED FIVE MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN BARCELONA AND MADRID, FOR THEIR ALLEGED LINKS TO THE MADR [...]
2005-06-16 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2340SPANISH POLICE DISRUPT AL-ZARQAWI SUPPORT NETWORK
[...] (U) Spanish police arrested 16 suspected Islamic terrorists early June 15 in two related operations involving over 500 police officers. The arrests took place in Madrid, Catalunia, Andalucia, Levante and Ceuta; with 13 of those detained being natives of Morocco, two others from Algeria and on [...]
2005-06-16 16:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SP PINR
05MADRID2347 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ALL INDIVIDUALS REFERENCE BELOW WERE ALSO ARRESTED IN THE RECENT SPANISH POLICE OPERATIONS AGAINST RADICAL ISLAMIST CELLS ASSOCIATED TO "ANSAR AL ISLAM" AND T [...]
2005-06-17 12:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2442 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW, ARRESTED OR BEING SOUGHT FOR THEIR ALLEGED ASSOCIATION WITH THE "ANSAR AL ISLAM" [...]
2005-06-24 12:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2523DRUG TRAFFICKING AND POSSESSION TRENDS CHALLENGE
[...] (SBU) The Government of Spain's National Drug Plan (PND) latest Annual Statistical Report on Drugs reports increases in total drug seizures (29%),trafficking arrests (11%),and arrests for drug possession (22%) between 2003 and 2004. Officials consider these statistics to be an indication tha [...]
2005-07-05 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KSEP PINR PGOV PREL SP
05MADRID2594 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE FOR THEIR LINKS WITH THE SPAIN-BASED JIHADIST FACILITATOR NETWORK, "ANSAR AL [...]
2005-07-11 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SAAD
05MADRID2653AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Aguirre had his first meeting with President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on July 12 to introduce himself and to review the USG roadmap for improving bilateral relations. The 90-minute meeting was cordial and relaxed throughout and covered a broad range of bilateral an [...]
2005-07-14 12:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP VZ
05MADRID2970 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 18, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST IN BELGRADE, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, OF RADICAL ISLAMIST ABDELMAJID BOUCHAR FOR WHOM SPANISH AUTHORI [...]
2005-08-18 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3171 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES. 2.INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY INDICATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING LINKS WITH A NETWORK OF JIHADIST FACILATATORS IN SPAIN: [...]
2005-09-07 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3201 AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM LEON:
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon Sept. 7 to review key issues in the US-Spain agenda in the coming months, including BMENA and Latin American issues. He thanked the GOS for its sincere and concrete support for the victims of Hurricane [...]
2005-09-08 16:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP XF XM XL XG
05MADRID3260SPAIN: AN ACTIVE FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. Spain is both a significant target of Islamic terrorist groups and a major logistical hub for Islamic extremist groups operating across the globe. The March 11, 2004 train bombings made Madrid the site of the worst terrorist attack in the history of the EU and triggered the second majo [...]
2005-09-15 10:18:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID3492SPAIN: U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Madrid on 9/27 and met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and Director General for Political Affairs Rafael Dezcallar for wide-ranging discussions on democracy promotion, potential areas for colla [...]
2005-10-04 14:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID3540SPAIN: MIGRANT ASSAULT CRISIS CHALLENGES ZAPATERO
[...] (C) Summary. After weeks of increasingly brazen and dangerous incursions by illegal immigrants into the Spanish North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, the Zapatero administration launched a high-profile effort to stem the flood of sub-Saharan immigrants into the two cities. Zapatero fac [...]
2005-10-06 16:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MO SP
05MADRID3566AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PSOE PRESIDENT MANUEL
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on October 6 with Manuel Chaves, national President of the governing Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),as well as President of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. Their discussion touched on US-Spain relations, initiatives in the Middle East and North Afric [...]
2005-10-11 14:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SP
05MADRID3570U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETINGS IN MADRID
[...] Summary. During her September 27 visit to Madrid to meet with FM Miguel Angel Moratinos (REF A),Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky also met with Director General for International Organizations and Multilateral Affairs Arturo Laclaustra to discuss USG initiativ [...]
2005-10-11 16:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TBIO PGOV EAGR SP
05MADRID3631SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPANISH VICE
[...] Ambassador Aguirre paid a previously scheduled courtesy call October 17 on Spanish First Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, who, among her many duties, coordinated arrangements for the Ibero-American Summit which Spain hosted in Salamanca October 14-17. In a warm, cordial me [...]
2005-10-17 15:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID3667 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY STATES THAT THE SPANISH POLICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIS [...]
2005-10-19 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL BOUCHAIB KAKA
05MADRID471 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. RELIABLE PRESS OF FEB. 2, 2005 REPORTED BELGIUM POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA "SPOKESMAN" YOUSSEF BELHADJ IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ON FEB. 1, 2005. THE [...]
2005-02-07 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID473 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. RELIABLE DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 2, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE DETAINED FOUR MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED AND/OR ASSOCIATED [...]
2005-02-07 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID474 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 3, 2005, REPORTED THE ARREST OF THE INDIVIDUAL BELOW. HE IS ACCUSED OF ASSOCIATION WITH THE PERPRETRATORS OF THE MARCH 11 ATTACKS. 3 [...]
2005-02-07 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID50 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 22, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPANISH CIVIL GUARD, DETAINED SIX MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, FOR THEIR [...]
2005-01-10 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID517SPAIN OFFERS AMNESTY TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
[...] (SBU) Spain's illegal immigrant population has multiplied three-fold over the last five years, from 300,000 to nearly one million. Now, new Spanish immigration measures taking effect February 7 through May 7 could grant amnesty to as many as one million illegal immigrants currently working in [...]
2005-02-10 08:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SMIG CMGT CASC CVIS KFRD SP
05MADRID645THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN SPAIN
[...] SUMMARY. This message is the first of two cables discussing Spain's large and growing Muslim community that stems from Poloff's discussions with leading members of the Muslim community in Madrid. Islam has long been a force in Spanish history dating back to Moorish rule from the eighth to f [...]
2005-02-17 17:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID649SPAIN: GROWING PAINS IN LIBERALIZED NATURAL GAS
[...] SUMMARY: Rapid growth in domestic consumption has made Spain the world's fifth largest natural gas market. Market liberalization, combined with growing demand and environmental concerns, has given rise to potential supply problems that could jeopardize Spain's energy grid. Spain is strengthe [...]
2005-02-18 12:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG PGOV SP
05MADRID699SPANISH MUSLIMS VIEWS ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This message is the second of two cables discussing Spain's large and growing Muslim community and is based on Poloff's discussions with leading members of the Muslim community in Madrid (Reftel). Poloff recently met with three prominent members of the Muslim community--Yusuf [...]
2005-02-24 09:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALSOCI KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID960BMENA - POSSIBILITY FOR COOPERATION WITH SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 14:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MANAMA103 BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005
[...] The following is post's Investment Climate Statement submission for 2005. 2. Begin text: INVESTMENT CLIMATE OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The government of Bahrain has a generally liberal approach to foreign investment and is eager to improve Bahrain's attractiveness to internati [...]
2005-01-25 04:47:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD BA
05MANAMA1237BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) In an August 27 meeting covering several subjects, Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador that he was concerned about the direction of the draft Iraqi constitution. Referring to the August 22 version of the document that was presented to the Iraqi par [...]
2005-08-27 14:28:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA IZ
05MANAMA1243FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES GAZA WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) In an August 27 meeting covering several subjects, Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador that the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza was very good news and a step in the right direction. He noted that King Hamad had congratulated Palestinian leader Mahmoud [...]
2005-08-28 11:52:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BA
05MANAMA1372BAHRAIN: G-8 BMENA: OCTOBER 1-3 DEMOCRACY
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche September 21 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Sheikh Abdul Aziz said that MFA Undersecretary Yousif Mahmood and Director of Bilateral Relations Dr. Dhafer Alumran will repres [...]
2005-09-24 12:57:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL KMPI BA
05MANAMA1385OECD-MENA INVESTMENT PROGRAM: BAHRAIN MEETING OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Working Groups 1 (Open and Transparent Investment Policies - WG 1) and 2 (Investment Promotion Agencies and Business Associations as Drivers of Reform - WG 2) of the OECD-MENA Investment initiative met in Bahrain September 12-14 to review and approve their contributions to a sto [...]
2005-09-26 08:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD BA OECD
05MANAMA1484MFA CONVENES G-8 TO DISCUSS FORUM FOR THE FUTURE,
[...] (SBU) The MFA convened G-8 Ambassadors and Charges October 7 to outline Forum for the Future (Forum) conference plans and discuss support for the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence in Bahrain (CEEB). MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up and meeting chair Shaikh Abdu [...]
2005-10-12 15:44:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PHUM KMPI KPAO BA
05MANAMA1498UPDATE ON FORUM FOR THE FUTURE AGENDA
[...] (C) The DCM October 15 presented Ref A points concerning the agenda for the November 11-12 Forum for the Future conference to MFA Assistant Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz. Shaikh Abdul Aziz said he would consider a U.S. proposal that Bahrain and the UK appoint chairs for each of the thre [...]
2005-10-17 09:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KMPI OVIP BA
05MANAMA1506OPPOSITION GROUPS AL WIFAQ, NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) Leading opposition societies Al Wifaq and the National Democratic Action Society (NDAS) in separate votes October 6 approved proposals to register with the government under the new political societies law. Al Wifaq members approved the measure by a resounding 87 percent, and a majority o [...]
2005-10-18 11:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL KISL BA
05MANAMA1608MFA BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON FORUM ARRANGEMENTS
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 31 held a meeting with ambassadors from countries expected to attend the November 11-12 Forum for the Future conference in Manama and presented them with copies of the agendas for the November 11 Senior Officials meeting and November 12 Ministers [...]
2005-11-01 14:19:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM KMPI PHUM ECON BA
05MANAMA1618DEPUTY PM SHAIKH MOHAMMAD ON FTA, IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) Ambassador called on Deputy Prime Minister and former Foreign Minster Shaikh Mohammad bin Mubarak Al Khalifa October 31 at the newly refurbished Gudaibiya Palace in Manama. During the meeting they discussed transfer of Guantanamo detainees (reftel A),progress on the FTA, recent bellige [...]
2005-11-02 12:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL BA
05MANAMA1668FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL OPENING AND
[...] (U) November 12, 2005; 9:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Speakers: Secretary Rice SIPDIS Bahrain FM Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa Moroccan FM Benaissa UK Foreign Secretary Straw Jordan Planning Minister Al-Ali Russia Deputy Foreign Minister [...]
2005-11-14 10:16:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI EAID PGOV PREL PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1669FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON
[...] (U) November 12, 2005; 11:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. Kirk Wolcott (notetaker) 2. (U) SUMMARY. One of two main components of the second BMENA Forum for the Future, held November 12 in Bahrain, centered on the continuing need to promote knowledge and education throughout the region (the s [...]
2005-11-14 10:21:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1671FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY. Initial contributing governments to the Foundation for the Future and Fund for the Future gathered for a public announcement of the new initiatives on the margins of the November 11-12 Forum for the Future conference in Manama. All speakers emphasized the importance of democratic an [...]
2005-11-14 10:38:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1673EUR A/S FRIED,S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) Meeting Held on November 11, 2005, 18:30, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. A/S Dan Fried Leslie Tsou (TDY Notetaker) Russia Deputy FM Saltanov Andrei Kondakov, Economic Cooperation Director Oleg Ozerov, Middle East and North Africa Dep [...]
2005-11-14 10:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KMPI BA RU
05MANAMA1676FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: NOVEMBER 11 SENIOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Officials Meeting of the BMENA Forum for the Future on November 11 finalized preparations for the Ministerial session the following day. Representatives of governments, civil society and the private sector reviewed progress on BMENA initiatives undertaken since last D [...]
2005-11-14 11:51:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA179BAHRAINI CONCERNS ABOUT G8 COMMITMENT TO BMENA
[...] (C) In a January 31 meeting with Econoff, Yousif Humood, Bahrain's Director of Economic Planning at the Ministry of Finance, expressed concern over the G8's apparent lack of activity on important BMENA initiatives, in particular the Entrepreneurship Center. He said that unless movement is se [...]
2005-02-07 12:01:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA300BAHRAINI QUESTIONS ON BMENA ENTREPRENEURSHIP
[...] The visit of MEPI Economic Pillar Manager Sonia Franceski, Beyster Institute President Dr. Ray Smilor, Beyster Director of Business Development Kenny Pegram, and future Bahrain Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (BCEE) American Executive Advisor David Mosby February 26-27 provided an oppor [...]
2005-03-02 13:31:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KMPI OTRA BA
05MANAMA339BAHRAIN: 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 13:39:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA
05MANAMA368NEA/PI DIRECTOR ROMANOWSKI DISCUSSES BMENA WITH
[...] (C) NEA/PI Office Director Alina Romanowski discussed the Broader Middle East/North Africa (BMENA) initiative with MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow-up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa and Ministry of Finance Director for Economic Planning Yousef Humood during a [...]
2005-03-15 10:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA446REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE BAHRAIN SATELLITE
[...] This is an action paragraph, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's new Minister of Information and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar, has requested assistance from MEPI to improve Bahrain satellite television and radio. The Ambassador and NEA/PI [...]
2005-03-26 08:34:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP PREL KPAO KMPI BA
05MANAMA455BAHRAIN: MENA-OECD INVESTMENT AND GOVERNANCE
[...] (SBU) Investment Program: Per reftel, Economic Development Board (EDB) Deputy Chairman Zakaria Hejres told the Ambassador March 23 that Bahrain established its Country Economic Team for the MENA-OECD Investment program in September 2004. The team includes representatives from the government [...]
2005-03-27 07:18:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EINV KCRM PGOV BA
05MANAMA553SCENESETTER FOR CROWN PRINCE SALMAN'S APRIL 19-22
[...] (C) The primary reason for the Crown Prince's April 19-22 visit to Washington is to advocate for expeditious Congressional ratification of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With the launch of U.S. FTA negotiations with the United Arab Emirates and Oman, Bahrain knows it has a limi [...]
2005-04-14 13:28:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD KDEM PTER ASEC OVIP BA
05MANAMA675FORUM FOR FUTURE: BMENA PARTICIPATION URGED AT
[...] (C) Summary: Bahrain Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told delegations attending a May 10 preparatory meeting for the November Forum for the Future that continued G-8 engagement and support was essential in helping maintain reform momentum in the region. Jordan Minister of Finance Awad-Allah, speak [...]
2005-05-11 05:04:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BA
05MANAMA680TREASURY DAS GLASER CONGRATULATES BAHRAINI
[...] (S) Summary. Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser and a US delegation congratulated the Minister of Finance, Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed al Khalifa, the Governor of the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA),Rasheed Mohammed al Maraj, and the Finance Ministry Undersecretary, Sheikh Ebrahim Bin Khalifa al Khali [...]
2005-05-11 14:05:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER KTFN EFIN ETTC BA
05MANAMA684MENA FATF PLENARY - OFF TO A GOOD START
[...] (U) Summary. The first plenary meeting of the newly created Middle East and North African Financial Action Task Force (MENA FATF) was held in Manama, Bahrain April 11-14. The United States is an observer country to the MENA FATF and Treasury DAS Glaser attended as the USG representative. Repr [...]
2005-05-14 05:30:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN EFIN ETTC BA
05MANAMA705FORUM FOR THE FUTURE MAY 10 STEERING COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) Bahrain hosted a meeting of the G8/Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future (FfF) Steering Committee May 10 that included representatives of the U.S., UK, Russia, Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt. The parties discussed preparations for the FfF meeting, to be co-chair [...]
2005-05-17 11:29:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KMPI ECIN BA XF XG CA JA
05MANAMA756AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FORUM FOR THE FUTURE, KORAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, during a May 23 meeting with Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, discussed the Forum for the Future (FfF),the retracted Newsweek magazine story about Koran desecration at GTMO, Iraq, and the DOD Bahrain School. The Foreign Minister reiterat [...]
2005-05-29 13:50:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KMPI BA
05MAPUTO726MOZAMBIQUE - PETROLEUM EXPLORATION RIGHTS INTEREST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GRM will open a bidding round in July for deepwater exploration rights off the coast of the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Two American companies, Anadarko and Vanco, have indicated to the Embassy and the GRM that they believe the region may have oil, and plan to enter b [...]
2005-06-10 13:43:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EINV MZ
05MILAN548MILAN MAGISTRATE TO PUSHES FOR TRIAL FOR TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) On December 1 Milan Magistrate Elio Ramondini submitted his request to bring Majid Zergout, former Imam of the Omar El Farouk mosque in Varese, and his close advisors Majid Zergout Mohamed Raouiane and Abellialah El Kaflaoui to trial on terrorism charges. Ramondini reported to Econoff t [...]
2005-12-06 14:02:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
05MUSCAT1132ORDER, DISSENT, AND THE INTERNET
[...] (SBU) The Omani authorities have incarcerated an outspoken former parliamentarian and questioned a banned writer/activist for making critical remarks about senior government officials. On the heels of pardoning 31 Ibadhis who were convicted of belonging to an illegal organization, the authori [...]
2005-07-19 01:05:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI PINR PGOV MU
05NEWDELHI1248INDIA READY FOR REGIONAL RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a trilateral meeting with USG and IAEA officials on February 9, the GOI agreed to join the Regional Radiological Security Partnership (RRSP); identified a lead technical contact within the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE); offered to serve as a venue for radiological securi [...]
2005-02-17 09:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TRGY KNNP KRAD IN NSSP
05OTTAWA1522NEW FOCUS FOR CANADA'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] Summary: Canada is focusing its official development assistance (ODA) dollara and will be weaning 130 countries from its bilateral aid programs. The April 19 International Policy Statement (IPS) confirms that Canada, will concentrate its development assistance dollars on countries that can u [...]
2005-05-20 15:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV SENV 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 20:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR IZ
05OTTAWA3698CANADA: 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 21:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CA KCRM KHLS PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KPAO
05PARIS1398FRANCE 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 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR RO
05PARIS1614FRENCH RESPONSE ON PROPOSED JOINT DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher shared reftel points February 26 on a proposed joint demarche to troop contributing countries (TCCs) with MFA IO Africa expert Clement Leclerc. 2. (C) While Leclerc's initial reaction was guardedly positive, in a subsequent meeting March 4, he told us that the am [...]
2005-03-11 08:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG FR MONUC
05PARIS1802DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF support for U.S. objectives on reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),but stressed their continued desire to keep our messages separate and [...]
2005-03-17 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR
05PARIS280FRENCH EX-HOSTAGE DISCUSSES "PLANET BIN LADEN"
[...] (C) Summary: Georges Malbrunot, one of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for just over four months and released on December 21, recounted to Emboffs on January 12 his experience in captivity and his surprise that his captors were not focused solely on combating Coalition forces in Ir [...]
2005-01-14 13:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV KPAO PTER IZ FR
05PARIS3027 USUNESCO: OUTCOME OF EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The EU continues to focus on UNESCO as a place to enhance its influence in United Nations organizations. Following the rebuff last fall of the EU's attempts to gain a seat at the table during ongoing negotiations on a cultural diversity convention, the EU was back at it during [...]
2005-05-04 13:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS3061 USUNESCO: OUTCOME OF EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The EU continues to focus on UNESCO as a place to enhance its influence and stature in United Nations organizations. Following the rebuff at last fall's Executive Board of the EU's attempt to gain "full participant" status and the February round of negotiations on a cultural d [...]
2005-05-06 10:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS3182FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3184FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3186FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3187FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3188FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3190FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3191FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3192FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3195FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3200FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS349FRANCE 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2005-01-19 15:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
05PARIS3591UNSC: ISSUES FOR FRENCH PRESIDENCY IN JUNE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA IO DAS-equivalent for political affairs Jean-Pierre Lacroix reviewed with poloff May 23 issues likely to be raised during France's June presidency of the U.N. Security Council. IRAN 2. (C) Lacroix said that the big question for the UNSC in June would be the terms of deba [...]
2005-05-24 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO FR UNSC
05PARIS3766MFA ON ALGERIAN RELATIONS WITH FRANCE AND MOROCCO,
[...] Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Anne Mohsen, during a recent meeting with us, described French relations with Algeria as unaffected by controversy over the 1945 Setif massacre, with progress on track towards conclusion of a bilateral friendship treaty by year-end. Mohsen suggested [...]
2005-06-01 10:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG WS MO TS FR
05PARIS4192FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4193FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4194FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4195FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4197FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4198FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4199FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4202FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4205FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4208FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4210FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4212FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4216FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4217FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4218FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4644FRENCH MUSLIM COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary: The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) held elections June 19, with Interior Minister Sarkozy lauding an estimated 85% turnout rate. The Morocco-linked National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) consolidated its position as the leading group within the CFCM, winning an a [...]
2005-07-01 13:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO FR
05PARIS4750COUNTER-TERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH,
[...] (S) Summary: A USG delegation led by Counselor Philip Zelikow met with senior French officials June 27 to inaugurate strategic counter-terrorism consultations. This cable reports on discussions addressing the radicalization and recruitment of extremists, and geographic areas of concern, which [...]
2005-07-07 15:38:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER FR
05PARIS5143NEA/PI DIRECTOR ROMANOWSKI PROMOTES GREATER
[...] (C) Summary: NEA/PI Director Alina Romanowski stressed the need for greater complementarity and information sharing between U.S. and French efforts to promote reform in the Broader Middle East, during a July 18-20 visit to Paris. French officials were receptive to Romanowski's emphasis on comp [...]
2005-07-26 10:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM EAID XF FR KMEPI
05PARIS5241FRENCH MFA UPDATE ON MAGHREB ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting NEA/MAG Acting Director William Jordan, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reported continued difficulties with the Algerian government over a February 2005 French law lauding achievements from the French colonial period, with Algeria [...]
2005-07-29 16:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG MO TS LY FR
05PARIS5539PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...]
2005-08-17 08:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO PTER FR
05PARIS5573 USUNESCO: CROSS-WISE ON BORDER? NEW PUSH
[...] SUMMARY: After a year of discussion and drafting meetings, the UNESCO/OECD non-binding guidelines for cross border quality provision in higher education went before the 171st UNESCO Executive Board for its blessing and instead got sidelined for further discussion at the upcoming General Confe [...]
2005-08-18 15:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO
05PARIS6076EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Summary and comment: EUR A/S Fried discussed U.S. BMENA strategy, Syria/Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with senior French MFA and Presidency officials September 1-2. MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Thibault concurred that both the November Forum for the Future and Barcelona Summit need to [...]
2005-09-08 08:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XF SY LE KMPI KDEM IS KPAL KPAO FR
05PARIS6376(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL
[...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]
2005-09-20 06:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6576AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: At a September 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, President of the National Assembly and leader of the Gaullist faction in the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party Jean-Louis Debre brushed aside assertions that U.S.-French relations are on the mend and foresaw, inste [...]
2005-09-26 14:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR GM SOCI PINR ECON
05PARIS6825AUSTRALIA MULLS OVER AMBASSADORIAL ACCREDITATION
[...] (SBU) Australia is looking for signs of progress toward democracy since the August coup in Nouakchott in order to justify the accreditation of its ambassador in France to Mauritania, Second Secretary Tracey Haines informed Africa Watcher on October 4. Australian ambassador Penny Wensley, who [...]
2005-10-04 13:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ECON EINV EFIN EPET PINR AS MR FR
05PARIS6890DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM MODERATES AND MAGHREB
[...] (C) Summary: In the context of ongoing Muslim outreach (refs),Ambassador recently visited the Paris Mosque, paid separate courtesy calls on ambassadors from Morocco and Algeria -- the two leading countries of origin for the majority of French Muslims -- and met with a French-Tunisian author [...]
2005-10-06 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER FR
05PARIS7037USUNESCO: US, ISRAEL AND 10 OTHERS ELECTED TO
[...] Summary. The United States was elected on the first round October 10 to the 21-nation World Heritage Committee ("Committee"),which decides policy matters concerning the 189-Member World Heritage Convention of 1973, such as selection of sites for UNESCO's World Heritage List. Israel also wa [...]
2005-10-13 13:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SENV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS7182 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE
[...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer attempted to contact MOD officials both directly and indirectly to inquire about French company Avon Communications S.A. However, to date, the MOD has been unresponsive. The Avon company executive we spoke to (see paras 4 and 5 below) said that Avo [...]
2005-10-20 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS7401 USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION
[...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...]
2005-10-31 08:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO
05PARIS7510FY06 TV CO-OP NOMINATIONS
[...] We are pleased to nominate two TV co-op project ideas for consideration under FY06 funding. THE GENERAL CONTEXT 2. The bilateral relationship was strained by differences over Iraq, and while relations have improved, the French media has an ingrained tendency to portray the United States [...]
2005-11-03 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS7737PEP-MENA DONOR MEETING OCTOBER 20 2005
[...] (U) At the The annual PEP-MENA (Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa) meeting was held in Paris October 20. , bBoard members outlined to donor countries the progress of the first year of the PEP- MENA program, and presented success stories from each of the pro [...]
2005-11-14 16:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL HA FR
05PARIS7812MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to China
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8072DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...]
2005-11-29 10:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY
05PARIS8353UNESCO: FRENCH CANDIDATE REPORTEDLY HAS LEAD
[...] (C) Classified by Andrew, C. Koss, Charge, U.S. Mission to Unesco in Paris, reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. Corridor rumors place Francoise Riviere, the French chief of staff to UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura, as the leading candidate among the 320 applicants to replace retiring A [...]
2005-12-08 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS8373A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER
[...] (C) Summary: Michel de Bonnecorse, head of the "Africa Cell" at the Elysee Palace that advises the French President, described the 12/2-12/4 Africa-France Summit in Bamako as a strategic, historic project, encouraged a high-level USG presence for the January meeting of the International Worki [...]
2005-12-09 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC EAID TO GH IV FR UNSC
05PRAGUE1554MUSLIM OUTREACH: US EMBASSY PRAGUE HOSTS FIRST
[...] Summary. On October 25, Ambassador William Cabaniss hosted an Iftar dinner at his residence, the first-ever held by the Embassy. Nearly fifty Muslim diplomats and business leaders attended, including Ambassadors from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Yemen and Afghanistan. Notic [...]
2005-11-02 14:14:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEZ KISL KPAO PREL
05PRAGUE40CZECH VIEWS ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES INVITATIONS
[...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA's Department of United Nations Affairs, on January 6 to deliver reftel demarche regarding gaining European support for Community of Democracies invita [...]
2005-01-07 12:30:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PHUM EZ
05PRETORIA3001SOUTH AFRICA: HIGH TELECOM PRICES, LITTLE RELIEF
[...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki condemned South Africa's high fixed telephone line prices in his February 2005 State of the Nation address by stating that they cost ten times more than in developed countries. Mbeki's assertion was mainly directed at Telkom, the de facto monopoly for fixed line [...]
2005-07-28 14:47:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINT ECPS EINV PREL XA SF
05PRETORIA518SOUTH AFRICA TO ATTEND THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL
[...] Mr. Blessing Manale, Director for Sustainable Development Coordination at the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT),confirmed to us on February 1 that the South African Government (SAG) would attend the Second International Forum on Sustainable Development in Marrakech, Moro [...]
2005-02-04 12:29:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON SOCI EAID KPAO SF
05QUEBEC46QUEBEC IMMIGRATION POLICY AT A CROSSROADS?
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 20:40:00Consulate QuebecCONFIDENTIALSOCI SMIG PGOV PREL EFIN ECON CA MO AG TS
05QUITO834FM TAKES CREDIT FOR "SOFTENED" LATAM-ARAB
[...] In a burst of braggadocio, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Patricio Zuquilanda informed the Ambassador March 31 that the "USG had me to thank" for watering down the inflammatory declaration that would emerge from the May 10-11 summit of South American and Arab state leaders. The original draft, [...]
2005-04-15 22:06:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ECON EFIN EC BR
05RABAT1052WESTERN SAHARA: ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The economy of Western Sahara is based almost entirely on fishing for export, which employs two-thirds of the local workforce, along with small bits of mining, agriculture and tourism. Existing infrastructure is good and cash flow is buoyed by a large military presence, tax brea [...]
2005-05-18 15:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIS ETRD MO PGOV PINR PREL WS EINV PBTS
05RABAT1061MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] A flurry of construction near key Morocco-Algeria border points is leading to speculation that the border will be opened as early as the end of May. Algerian Minister of Agriculture Said Barkat paid an official visit to Morocco last month, visiting Morocco's locust control center in Agadir a [...]
2005-05-19 08:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON PBTS EPET ENRG ELTN MO MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
05RABAT1070KING MOHAMMED VI LAUNCHES MAJOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nationally televised address on May 18, King Mohammed VI announced a major government initiative to combat poverty, create jobs, improve infrastructure, and open the Moroccan economy. The speech's timing -- almost to the day of the second anniversary of the May 16, 2003 [...]
2005-05-19 16:12:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KMCA KMPI ELAB EAID MO
05RABAT1072MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Returns: Emboffs were pleased to greet the freshly groomed and chastened Norwegian ambassador, Arne Aasheim, at Norway's National Day reception on May 17. Aasheim returned to Morocco on May 15 after being recalled to Oslo on May 4 to clarify public remarks on the We [...]
2005-05-20 12:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV KMPI PREL PHUM MO MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
05RABAT1104MOROCCO'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: TOURISM AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Morocco continued to post a Balance of Payments (BOP) surplus in 2004, despite chronic and increasing negative trade balances. Preliminary government figures post a $1.8 billion BOP surplus in 2004 (approximately 2% of GDP) up from $1.6 billion in 2003. Foreign reserves stand a [...]
2005-05-26 11:41:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN MO
05RABAT1108 PM JETTOU (RE)OUTLINES SOCIO-ECONOMIC AGENDA
[...] Summary: Reinforcing the Government of Morocco's (GOM's) commitment to education and literacy, housing, and health care, on May 23, Prime Minister Driss Jettou outlined his government's priorities and themes for social and economic development in the coming months. End summary. 2. Follo [...]
2005-05-26 13:47:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI MO
05RABAT1115WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO SAYS GOM HOLDING UP CBMS
[...] (C) MINURSO Chief of Staff Philippe Elghouayel told A/DCM May 27 that the UN was in the unusual position of having adequate funding (thanks in part to the US contribution of USD 700,000, A/DCM noted) to go forward with confidence-building measures in the Western Sahara but lacked a green ligh [...]
2005-05-27 14:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PREL
05RABAT1118WESTERN SAHARA: POLICE USE VIOLENCE TO PUT DOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts in Laayoune confirm news reports that significant demonstrations have taken place in Laayoune between May 21-25. More than twenty persons have reportedly been arrested and as many are reported to be injured, some seriously. Large numbers of police and milita [...]
2005-05-27 17:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1129WESTERN SAHARA: UPDATE ON DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos reached out to both Moroccans and Algerians in an attempt to restore "calm" to the situation in the Western Sahara, holding separate bilateral meetings with GOM and GOA officials in Luxembourg May 30, and indicated his government's intention to stay engaged in [...]
2005-05-31 17:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1136MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Sixty-six state-owned companies were fully or partially privatized by the GOM since 1993, earning nearly $9 billion for the state, according to Abdelaziz Talbi, Director of Public Enterprises at the Ministry of Finance. Morocco ranked first in privatization receipts among Arab countries and [...]
2005-06-01 16:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ELAB ELTN KMPI MO
05RABAT1144 CODEL SMITH MEETS WITH COMMERCE MINISTER MEZOUAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a very friendly June 2 meeting with Moroccan Minister of Commerce and Industry Mezouar, CODEL Smith discussed FTA implementation, Moroccan economic reform, support for small businesses as an engine for growth and job creation, and the importance of judicial reform to attra [...]
2005-06-02 17:10:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ELAB KIPR OREP PGOV MO
05RABAT1152NEA SENIOR ADVISOR WALSH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] Summary: On May 27, NEA Senior Advisor and MEPI Women's Pillar Manager Elizabeth Erin Walsh visited Morocco to discuss MEPI Programs with Post and MEPI implementers. Contacts gave an overview of the women's movement in Morocco and recommendations for next steps, particularly the need to inclu [...]
2005-06-03 14:02:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV KMPI PGOV MO
05RABAT1159ATTIJARIWAFA BANK: SHAKING UP THE MOROCCAN BANKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Attijariwafa bank is the largest private bank in Morocco and the eighth largest in Africa. It was created in late 2003 when two of Morocco's top five banks decided to merge: Banque Commerciale du Maroc (BCM) and Wafabank. The merger took many in Morocco's staid banking commu [...]
2005-06-03 17:03:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KMPI MO
05RABAT1161MOROCCO TO ATTEND THE U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Poloff joined Dutch Counselor Caroline Weijers (as local representative of the EU Presidency) and EU Commission Charge d'Affaires Olivier Ruyssen to deliver ref (a) demarche (with ref b changes) to MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual on June 2. The delegation explai [...]
2005-06-03 17:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC IZ MO EUN
05RABAT1162US-MOROCCAN MILITARY CONSULTATIONS: THE MOROCCANS
[...] (C) Summary: The third annual US-Morocco Defense Consultative Committee took place in Rabat on May 18-19, 2005, led on the US side by ASD Peter Rodman and on the Moroccan side by Minister Delegate to the PM in Charge of the Administration of National Defense Mr. Abderrahmane Sbai. During the [...]
2005-06-03 17:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG ETRD IZ KPKO MARR MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05RABAT1169MOROCCO ON MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE AND REGIONAL
[...] (C) Poloff met June 2 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss ref(a) demarche regarding the opening of an Israeli liaison office in Rabat, the closure of the Central Boycott Office (CBO) in Damascus, and support for resolving the membership of Magen David Adom [...]
2005-06-07 11:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALIO IS IZ LE PREL SY MO
05RABAT1177POLISARIO SELLING OIL EXPLORATION PERMITS IN
[...] (C) Summary: The Polisario "government" of the putative Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) has issued a call for bids on oil exploration licenses over the length of the Western Sahara territory, including offshore zones where U.S. firm Kerr McGee has been operating under Moroccan licenses [...]
2005-06-07 19:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEPET PBTS MO WS
05RABAT1204MOROCCO PRIVATIZATIONS CONTINUE, NEXT UP: SUGAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Seventeen state-owned companies remain on the GOMs privatization list. The GOM will likely privatize six in 2005, according to Moroccan Department of Public Enterprises and Privatization (DEPP) officials. While nine companies are theoretically eligible, only six are considered [...]
2005-06-09 11:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV MO
05RABAT122MCC CEO APPLEGARTH MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Driss Jettou laid out for Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Paul Applegarth his government's top development priorities in a January 12 meeting attended by Ambassador Riley and Salahuddine Tazi, the Foreign Ministry's director of American Affairs. Also present [...]
2005-01-14 17:33:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKMCA EAID ECON PREL PHUM MO
05RABAT124MCC CEO APPLEGARTH MEETING WITH MOROCCAN FOREIGN
[...] (U) Summary: Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Paul Applegarth met with MFA Americas Director Salaheddine Tazi and Director for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani on January 12 to formally congratulate the Government of Morocco on its eligibility to apply for Millennium Challenge Account fun [...]
2005-01-14 17:40:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMCA EAID ECON PREL EINV MO
05RABAT1250GEEKS AND GEEZERS: MOROCCO'S GENERATIONAL DIVIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A new generation of Moroccan leaders is emerging, characterized by their formative Anglo-Saxon experiences, entrepreneurial and pro-American outlook, high levels of education and technical skills, and strong, well-informed political opinions. They are eager, even impatient, to bo [...]
2005-06-15 17:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV KMPI MO
05RABAT1690MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised fuel prices by five percent on August 7 in a move designed to lower the government's fuel subsidy burden. Premium grade gasoline now costs $1.15 per liter, diesel fuel $0.90, and industrial fuel $0.30. The GOM said the increase - the second in just thr [...]
2005-08-11 12:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR ELAB EAID EFIN EPET SENV EWWT MO
05RABAT1693 FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA: MOROCCO'S PLAN AZUR
[...] Summary: The principal strategy for meeting the goal of Morocco's "Vision 2010" is the development of six beach resorts under the $5.2 billion Plan Azur. Vision 2010 was an agreement established in 2001 between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the private sector to focus on tourism as a [...]
2005-08-11 15:01:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EINV EAIR MO
05RABAT1702MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. Table of Contents - King Mohammed VI Presents Vision for African Development - Spanish Foreign Minister Visits Morocco - Polisario Invites Spanish NGOs to Western Sahara - Europe to Send Humanitarian Aid to S [...]
2005-08-12 18:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR PHUM MO
05RABAT1721WESTERN SAHARA CBMS: MORE BACK AND FORTH
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Mohamed Loulichki (tapped to be Morocco's next Ambassador in Geneva) briefed Polcouns August 15 on the substance of the GOM's proposed reply to UNHCR concerning the confidence-building measures (in particular the family visit program) for the [...]
2005-08-16 18:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1752MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Through a series of messages addressed to world leaders, King Mohammed expressed his satisfaction with the withdrawal of Israeli settlers from the Gaza strip, according to official Moroccan news agency, Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP). The King called Palestinian President Abbas on August 16 t [...]
2005-08-19 15:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
05RABAT1767SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH KING MOHAMMED
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Lugar met for 40 minutes with King Mohammed the afternoon of August 19 in Tetouan, northern Morocco. The King thanked Senator Lugar for US intervention in freeing the remaining POWs from Tindouf. Lugar encouraged the King to use the release as an opportunity to make pr [...]
2005-08-23 07:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL MAS
05RABAT1768GOM PITCHES MCC ON DRAFT MCA COMPACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 15 and 16, Prime Minister Jettou, Foreign Affairs Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri, and more than a dozen other Government of Morocco (GOM) officials gave a first glimpse of Morocco's draft Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal to Millennium Challenge Corporation [...]
2005-08-23 10:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KMCA MO
05RABAT1809MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents - Early Reactions to Algeria's New Ambassador to Morocco - King Mohammed VI Receives King of Bahrain - King Pardons Underage Would-Be Suicide Bomber Twins - International Community Pleased with Tindouf POW Release - PJD and USFP Clash over Cultural Festival [...]
2005-08-26 17:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR MO
05RABAT1810GOM EXPLORES USG INTEREST IN NATO DOCUMENTATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) On the margins of a meeting with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim on August 26, and drawing on Reftel, Poloffs inquired about Morocco's stated offer to establish a NATO documentation center in Rabat. Halim said that he was aware [...]
2005-08-26 17:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL XF MR MO NATO
05RABAT1821DRAMA IN AGADIR: RECAPPING THE POW RELEASE
[...] (C) The two US charter aircraft carrying the final 404 Moroccan POWs held by the Polisario touched down at Agadir Airport shortly after 7:30 pm local time on August 18. Arrayed at the bottom of the stairs to greet the POWs as they came off the aircraft were Foreign Minister Benaissa, Minister [...]
2005-08-29 17:44:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1842THE KING'S ROYAL FOUNDATIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN MOROCCAN POLITICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palace's royal foundations occupy a unique position in Morocco's political landscape. Headed by a member of the royal family (often the King),they are autonomous from the government, which allows them freedom of action and funding, but have the ability to closely partner w [...]
2005-09-01 15:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID KMCA KMPI MO
05RABAT1853DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE: ITALIAN NGO SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, Niccolo Figa-Talamanca and Alison Smith, representatives of the Italian NGO "No Peace without Justice" (NPWJ),briefed Poloffs on preparations for the upcoming Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) to be held in Morocco on October 1-3. While Figa-Talamanca and Smi [...]
2005-09-02 17:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM MO
05RABAT1854UNDERAGE WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBER TWINS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) In a front-page interview with Pan Arabic daily Asharq Al Awsat on August 31, the 16-year old would-be suicide bomber twins that King Mohammed pardoned on the occasion of the Revolution of the King and People on August 20 (ref A) discussed the factors that led to their descent into Isla [...]
2005-09-02 17:33:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER MO
05RABAT197 AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ROYAL ADVISOR AZOULAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 20, the Ambassador spent over one hour exchanging views on economic development and promoting investment in Morocco with Royal Palace Advisor Andre Azoulay during a courtesy call to Azoulay's office. The typically subdued Azoulay was animated and energized during d [...]
2005-01-25 17:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV MO KMCC
05RABAT2004Favorable Views of U.S. surge upward in Arab/Muslim
[...] The Pew Global Attitudes Project survey published in July 2005 recorded a startling 22-point increase in favorable attitudes toward the United States among Moroccans. 49 percent of Moroccans held favorable views of the U.S., compared to only 27 percent in each of the two prior years. Morocco [...]
2005-09-23 13:03:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OIIP PGOV KMPI CVIS ECON MO
05RABAT2008WESTERN SAHARA: EMBASSY RABAT VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) The August 18 release of the remaining 404 Moroccan POWs from Tindouf closed an important humanitarian file in the Western Sahara conflict. In Morocco, the United States gained considerable goodwill from our involvement in the effort; in fact, we believe this is certainly one of the most [...]
2005-09-23 14:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT2016MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Table of Contents - King Mohammed Shows He's a Man of the People - Swedish MPs Visit Laayoune - Socialist Alliance Holds Town Meetings in Western Sahara - PJD Organizes "Brotherhood Caravan" - Drug Seizure in the North -------------------------------------------- KING MOHAMMED [...]
2005-09-23 18:06:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS SNAR MO
05RABAT2032SAHRAWI PRISONERS: THE MFA RESPONDS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of September 23, the MFA passed us the following document concerning the status of the Sahrawi prisoners discussed reftel. The document is entitled "Elements of Information Relating to the Campaign Orchestrated by Algeria and the Polisario on the Cond [...]
2005-09-26 16:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT2043PARLIAMENT: LOWER HOUSE COMMITTEE SET TO VOTE ON DRAFT PARTY LAW ON SEPTEMBER 27
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the Interior, Decentralization and Infrastructure Committee in parliament's Chamber of Representatives (lower house) prepares to vote on the government's draft law on political parties on September 27, Post wishes to highlight for Washington readers key provisions in the dr [...]
2005-09-27 17:26:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KMPI MO
05RABAT2139MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Ahmed Lahlimi, High Commissioner for Planning announced during an October 4 press briefing on the 2004 census results that the poverty rate in Morocco in 2004 stood at 14.2%, 2.3% lower than in 1994. The census showed improvement in both urban (2.5% decrease) and rural areas (1% decrease). [...]
2005-10-13 16:41:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EWWT PTER KTEX EAGR EAIR ETRD MO SOCI
05RABAT2157BBG DELEGATION AND MOROCCAN HIGH AUTHORITY FOR
[...] SUMMARY In two October 4, 2005 meetings mission, BBG and GOM representatives reviewed the history of Radio Sawa broadcasting in Morocco and agreed on a solution to the licensing impasse. The GOM granted Radio Sawa seven frequencies on an exceptional basis in 2003 before the current radio lice [...]
2005-10-18 14:03:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO
05RABAT2173IRAQI ASSETS UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 09:36:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL UNSC MO IZ
05RABAT2177 Moratinos Visits Morocco to Discuss Illegal
[...] (U) Summary: Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos visited Morocco October 11 to discuss illegal immigration with FM Benaissa in the wake of the massive immigrant assaults on Spanish border posts in northern Morocco (reftels). The foreign ministers agreed to create a bilateral ad hoc ministeri [...]
2005-10-20 12:44:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV SMIG MO
05RABAT2192QADHAFI WOOS THE LIBYAN EX-PM
[...] (C) Former Libyan PM Mohammed Otman Assed, in exile in Rabat since 1969, told Polcouns on October 7 that he continued to receive visits and phone calls from Libyan regime insiders encouraging him to drop his opposition to Qadhafi and move back to Libya. Assed said that in July he received a [...]
2005-10-21 16:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALLY MO PGOV PREL PTER
05RABAT2199MOROCCO: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Acting Pol/C met October 25 with MFA Director of UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to discuss reftel appeal for contributions to the international effort to provide earthquake relief and rehabilitation to Pakistan. Bourita noted that he was in the process of drafting a decision memo on this very t [...]
2005-10-24 15:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREL PK MO
05RABAT2200MOROCCO: ISRAEL AT UNGA - I: HOLOCAUST
[...] (C) Per reftel, Acting Pol/C met October 24 with MFA Director for UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to discuss support for the UNGA resolution on the Holocaust Remembrance. Bourita said that Morocco will indeed vote for the resolution as the GOM considers it a "follow-up" action to the 28th Special S [...]
2005-10-24 16:15:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS MO
05RABAT2201MOROCCO: 60TH UNFC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S.
[...] (C) Per reftel, Acting Pol/C met October 24 with MFA Director of UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to seek GOM support and cosponsorship for the U.S. UNGA First Committee (UNFC) resolution on compliance. A/Pol/C left behind a copy of the draft resolution with Bourita per reftel instructions. Bourita [...]
2005-10-24 16:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALCDG PARM PREL UNGA MO
05RABAT2227EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: AN UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Dr. Abdelhay Moudden, a member of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER),on October 19 to discuss developments within the IER. Moudden was forthcoming and pleased with the progress of the IER. He believes the IER to be pivotal in Morocco's reform proce [...]
2005-10-28 17:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PBTS MO
05RABAT2228MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Table of Contents - Morocco Calls Amnesty International Report on Sub- Saharans "Biased" - Driss Basri Speaks Out on Immigration Issue - UGTM Leader Under Fire - Interior Ministry Requests Mayors Cu [...]
2005-10-31 07:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM MO
05RABAT2231ICRC BRIEFS ON LATEST HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC Regional Delegate Bernard Pfefferle met with Poloffs October 27 to review humanitarian issues concerning the Western Sahara and to update us on ICRC activities in Morocco. Pfefferle said the ICRC was somewhat put off by Moroccan insistence, conveyed in a meeting between MF [...]
2005-10-31 11:04:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS
05RABAT2258MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] The Government of Morocco's 2006 appropriation bill forecasts a 5.4 percent growth rate and a two percent inflation rate, with oil at $60 a barrel and an exchange rate of nine Moroccan dirham to one U.S. dollar. Finance Minister Fathallah Oualalou revealed these figures during his presentati [...]
2005-11-02 17:29:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EFIN KCOR KIPR MO
05RABAT2265DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
[...] (C) With a group of fifteen Ambassadors and Embassy representatives, Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri on November 2 to underscore our deep concern regarding the Iranian President's remarks on Israel (refs a and b). In an impressive showing, Ambassadors [...]
2005-11-03 14:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IR MO
05RABAT2266DIALOGUE, DIVERSITY AND CRITICAL THINKING AT
[...] Summary: Morocco's Ramadan public affairs strategy is to adapt to the pace of Ramadan and listen to Moroccans in the context of iftar and post-iftar events. Our observations confirm Moroccan support for "institutionalized dialogue" as well for critical thinking in order to overcome stereotypes [...]
2005-11-04 11:26:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL MO
05RABAT2295MOROCCO: COMBATTING EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Summary: Combatting extremism is not a new priority in Morocco, but it has taken on new urgency in the aftermath of the suicide bombings on May 16, 2003 in Casablanca and the March 11, 2004 subway attacks in Madrid, acts of international terrorism in which Moroccans -- whether sons of the [...]
2005-11-09 17:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI
05RABAT2296MOROCCO: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR
[...] (C) Poloff met November 10 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Organizations Hassan Hami to discuss ref(a) demarche urging isolation of the Syrian government (SARG) following the passage of UNSCR 1636. Hami emphasized that Morocco respects the Security Council resolution and would never tak [...]
2005-11-10 13:12:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO SY
05RABAT2389MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Contents - Israeli Participation in EuroMed Assembly Sparks Controversy - Mauritanian President Receives Warm Welcome by the King - Morocco Renews Demand for Release of Moroccan Hostages in Iraq - Morocco-South African Relations Still in the Tank - Istiqlal Opts for Socialist A [...]
2005-11-28 17:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
05RABAT243FTA: FEZ YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS -- MORE CARPING THAN
[...] (SBU) Largely reconstituting the participants in post's September 2004 FTA Caravan Roadshow, the Fez Young Entrepreneur Association hosted a conference on the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on January 29 and 30. Despite unusually cold temperatures, the sessions were well-attended a [...]
2005-02-01 16:40:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KPAO MO
05RABAT2436PALACE ADVISOR AZOULAY DISCUSSES ISRAEL-MOROCCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Andre Azoulay, Royal Advisor to King Mohammed VI and a prominent Jewish Moroccan, on December 2 to discuss Azoulay,s early November visit to Israel, which included meetings with the senior Israeli and Palestinian leaderships and a stop in the Gaza Strip. Azoul [...]
2005-12-06 12:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MO
05RABAT2454MOROCCO: URGENT DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES ON MDA
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref(a) demarche on December 5 to MFA Director of the Division for Humanitarian and Social Issues Sidi Abdelfattah El Kadiri and discussed ref(b) urgent demarche to vote in favor of the MDA with El Kadiri on December 7. Kadiri said he understood that the Swiss had held [...]
2005-12-07 17:31:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IZ MO
05RABAT2455COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA ADVISOR SHAHA RIZA.
[...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Shaha Riza to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 8-13, 2005 for meetings with civil society representatives in relation to the Foundation for the Future. 2. Should Ms. Riza require assistance during her visit, please contact Political [...]
2005-12-07 17:40:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI OTRA
05RABAT2456NARCOTICS: MOI DRUG CZAR HOPES FOR GREATER
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 6 meeting with visiting DEA officials and emboffs to discuss GOM counternarcotics efforts, senior Interior Ministry (MOI) official Khalid Zerouali, Governor-Director of Internatio [...]
2005-12-08 07:38:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR MO
05RABAT2460CORE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS RECENT ARRESTS OF
[...] (S/NF) On December 5, 2005, Ambassador Riley convened a core Emergency Action Committee meeting to discuss the recent arrests of 17 Moroccan Islamic extremists by Moroccan Security Services. Attending the core EAC were the Ambassador, DCM, RSO, SIMO, POL, DAO, CA, MGT, and LEGAT. The Core EAC [...]
2005-12-08 17:41:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER
05RABAT24682005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Morocco continues to be a major producer and exporter of cannabis. It produced an estimated 98,000 metric tons of cannabis in 2004, providing for potential cannabis resin (hashish) production of 2,760 metric tons, according to the second joint study on cannabis released in May 2005 by the Un [...]
2005-12-11 17:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV MO
05RABAT2475WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEFENDS ITS ACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy FM Fassi Fihri defended recent Moroccan actions in the Western Sahara, stressing that the GOM was responding appropriately to violent acts by demonstrators. He fended off any suggestion that demonstrators were rounded up me [...]
2005-12-13 10:08:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
05RABAT2481THE KING IN JAPAN: MOROCCO CROSSES THE ASIAN
[...] Summary: King Mohammed VI traveled to Japan from November 27-30, his first trip to Japan since assuming the throne in 1999. During the visit, the King emphasized the warm relations between the two countries, called on business communities to boost investment, and highlighted Japan's active [...]
2005-12-13 13:37:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PREL
05RABAT2491MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Moroccan Government unemployment statistics registered 10.9 percent during the third quarter of 2005, up half a percent from the same period one year earlier. The economy created 65,000 jobs in the building and public works sector, and 41,000 in services; but it lost 24,000 jobs in industry [...]
2005-12-14 16:17:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EAIR SENV SOCI MO
05RABAT2504MOROCCO PASSES ALL FTA LEGISLATION
[...] (C) Copyright legislation was approved by the lower house plenary on Dec. 15, completing all parliamentary passage of FTA-related intellectual property legislation. The newly approved Copyright and Patent/Trademark bills (Ref A) now pass to the Secretariat General of the Government (SGG),whe [...]
2005-12-15 15:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON KIPR MO
05RABAT2511DEPUTY FM ON VISIT OF MAURITANIAN JUNTA LEADER FAL
[...] (C) During a wide-ranging meeting on December 1 (Refs A and B),Ambassador asked Deputy FM Fassi Fihri for a read-out of Mauritanian junta leader Fal's November 20-21 visit to Morocco. Colonel Fal met with King Mohammed in Marrakech on November 21, and the visit was widely covered in the Moro [...]
2005-12-16 13:56:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PREL
05RABAT2526 MOROCCO: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] As requested ref A, Post submits the following text for Department's use in drafting the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy POC for this report is Political Officer Chad Stevens (StevensCI@state.gov). 2. Begin Text: Morocco The Government of Morocco remains a steadfast ally [...]
2005-12-19 09:17:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PREL MO
05RABAT2532AVIAN INFLUENZA RESPONSE: MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: Post committee on Avian and Pandemic Influenza met Dec. 1 to discuss the Government of Morocco's National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan and to assess the Government's general level of preparedness. The GOM's National Plan is of high quality and is backed at th [...]
2005-12-19 16:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALTBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL MO
05RABAT2540AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO MOROCCO'S DESERT SOUTH
[...] Summary: Ambassador traveled to Morocco's southeastern province of Errachidia December 6-9 to review USG assistance programs in the area and explore ways the Government of Morocco might use Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) funding to generate income and employment in the overwhelmingly rur [...]
2005-12-20 16:33:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EAGR KMCA SENV ASEC PGOV MO
05RABAT2548MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] The flow of American tourists to Morocco has increased through November 2005 by 16 percent in terms of arrivals and by 23 percent in terms of bed-nights, compared to the same period one year earlier. National air carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has also recorded a 23 percent increase in its U. [...]
2005-12-21 16:34:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR EFIN ECPS MO
05RABAT25492005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Morocco is not a regional financial center and the extent of the money laundering problem in Morocco is not known. Morocco remains an important producer and exporter of cannabis, with estimated revenues of $13 billion annually, according to a joint study released in May 2005 by the United Nat [...]
2005-12-21 16:35:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MO
05RABAT2562MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Contents --Moroccan Press Under Pressure? --Frustrated Unemployed Graduates Turn to Self-Burning --2005 National Solidarity Campaign Raises $28 Million --Kings OIC Speech Zeroes in on Terrorism --King Orders Monument at Tazmamart Prison Site --Morocco and Libya Increasing Bilateral Coo [...]
2005-12-23 15:42:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL MO
05RABAT2604MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DISCUSS CHALLENGES
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Five Moroccan human rights advocates, including a member of Morocco's Equity and Reconciliation Commission, offered views on Morocco's accomplishments and shortcomings in the field of human rights [...]
2005-12-30 16:10:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MO
05RABAT2605PARLIAMENT: SOME MP'S GROUSE ABOUT PRESSURE TO
[...] (C) While the U.S. Mission is extremely pleased with the December 16 passage by the Moroccan parliament of the remaining provisions of FTA-related legislation (reftels),several members of the Moroccan Parliament's (MP) lower house (Chamber of Representatives) have expressed privately their [...]
2005-12-30 16:38:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON KIPR MO
05RABAT452AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PALACE ADVISOR MOHAMMED
[...] (U) Summary: Continuing a series of calls on Royal Palace Advisors, Ambassador met February 18 with Mohammed Kabbaj, one of King Mohammed's lead advisors on trade, finance and investment matters. Kabbaj and Ambassador engaged in a free-flowing discussion of the GOM's economic plans and prior [...]
2005-03-03 13:23:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KMCA MO
05RABAT458NEXT SIX MONTHS IN MOROCCO
[...] (C) The last half of 2004 brought to fruition in several important ways the Principals, Committee decisions to intensify U.S. relations with Morocco and enhance Morocco,s ability to counter terrorism and extremism following the May 2003 terrorist bombings in Casablanca. This cable reviews pr [...]
2005-03-03 16:57:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS ASEC AMGT MO PDIP
05RABAT563MOROCCO: PORT SECURITY IN OUR TIME?
[...] (U) Summary: Morocco is taking its port security obligations seriously, and efforts are underway at ports nationwide to bring security infrastructure up to the level required by the International Maritime Organization's ISPS port security code. Observation at several Atlantic ports confirm th [...]
2005-03-18 11:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ETRD ECON PTER PREL PINS PINR MO
05RABAT626PHOSPHATES: LIFEBLOOD OF MOROCCO, OR ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] Summary: Phosphates and their derivatives account for three percent of Morocco's economy and 17 percent of its yearly exports. Morocco has virtually-limitless phosphate reserves and state-owned phosphates company OCP is the world's largest exporter of phosphate rock, phosphoric acid and fer [...]
2005-03-29 17:58:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ECON ETRD EINV SENV MO
05RABAT850MOROCCO STATE OF PLAY ON MCA
[...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with GOM officials, from working-level contacts to Ministers, reveal that Morocco is moving forward on developing its Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact and has instituted a formalized coordinating structure. According to these contacts, the GOM will focus [...]
2005-04-25 12:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON EAID KMCA KMPI PGOV MO
05RABAT896MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) In Jakarta for the April 22-23 Africa-Asia summit, PM Jettou signed the new African-Asian strategic partnership declaration calling for collective action to address common issues like terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and organized crime, and committing countries to meeting internat [...]
2005-04-29 17:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPKO KTFN MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05RABAT991MARRAKECH BRAVES CONTROVERSY TO ROCK TO CHRISTIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of Moroccans rocked to the music of seven American Christian bands and nine Moroccan groups at a well-organized outdoor concert, dubbed the Friendship Fest, that took place in Marrakech without incident on May 6-8. The event's American and Moroccan organizers viewed the [...]
2005-05-13 16:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PHUM PREL SCUL
05RIYADH5371THE LATE SAUDI KING FAHD: A MIXED LEGACY
[...] (C) Summary: A chief architect of Saudi Arabia's transformation from feudal monarchy to modernizing nation state, the late King Fahd will be remembered above all as a modernizer -- a ruler who pushed his subjects to abandon their feudal insularity and join the modern world-- and an institution [...]
2005-08-01 13:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
05ROME1174 DRIFTNETS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: WORLD
[...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Embassy recently received a letter from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Mediterranean Programme Office in Rome that alleged illegal driftnet activity by Morocco, Algeria, France, Italy and Turkey in the Mediterranean hi [...]
2005-04-06 19:14:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS SENV KSCA ETRD AG FR IT MO TU ICCAT
05ROME1742FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: FAO ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ
[...] Summary: At a May 11, 2005, FAO Finance Committee meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Henri Carsalade, Assistant Director General for Technical Cooperation, provided an overview of current FAO activities in Iraq. US Deputy Permrep, coordinating with Kuwait as Near East G [...]
2005-05-20 09:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2001 LETTER TO ITALIAN OFFICIAL ON DRIFTNETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 7, Emboffs delivered letter in ref (A) to Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora, the Italian Under Secretary of Agriculture responsible for Fisheries. Scarpa SIPDIS emphasized that as of 2002, the GOI had "solved and stopped" the driftnet problem, and strongly opposed any ille [...]
2005-06-13 12:34:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT FAO
05ROME2083 INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF FAO:
[...] (U) Summary: The Intersessional Working Group (ISWG) on the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO has reached broad consensus on the scope and objectives of the proposed evaluation. Substantive work by two hired consultants on an approach paper outlining the IEE is underway. The IS [...]
2005-06-17 08:31:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
05ROME2194"HUNGER BANQUETS" AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A
[...] (U) I would like to bring to your attention a big public diplomacy success story in hopes that our experience might work as well for your mission as it did for us. It has the potential to bring broad media attention to the story of U.S. generosity -- a story that needs to be told. 2. (U) L [...]
2005-06-28 14:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF PREL FAO WFP
05ROME2226POVERTY INSURANCE: ROME-BASED AGENCIES AND PERMREPS
[...] Summary: On June 29, 2005, the Italian Committee of the Thomas More Institute hosted a conference at the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on poverty insurance, entitled "Reinsurance: A New Key to Development Aid." French academic Michel Vate was the featured presenter [...]
2005-07-01 13:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR SENV UN FAO
05ROME2280 128TH SESSION OF THE FAO COUNCIL, JUNE 20-25, 2005
[...] Summary: The 128th Session of the FAO Council, held in Rome June 20-25, made progress in a collegial and positive atmosphere on a variety of substantive and institutional issues: -- Members generally endorsed the recent work of FAO's technical committees on World Food Security (CFS) Agric [...]
2005-07-07 14:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AORC ETRD EAID SENV FAO
05ROME2555DESERT LOCUSTS: FAO'S WORK ON PESTICIDES AND OTHER
[...] Summary: In a letter dated April 16, 2005, the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf alerted the international donor community to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling des [...]
2005-08-01 13:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2560DESERT LOCUSTS: JULY 21 FAO DONORS' MEETING
[...] Summary: On July 21, an informal desert locusts donors' meeting was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Chaired by FAO Director-General (DG) Jacques Diouf, the meeting was well represented by donors and affected countries. The meeting provided informa [...]
2005-08-01 15:30:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2835ITALIAN MFA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. To ensure Italian participation in an upcoming U.S.-led military exercise in West Africa, the Italian MFA has asked for USG assistance in paving the way for Italy to conclude bilateral status of forces-type agreement [...]
2005-08-25 14:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PARM PREL XY IT NATO
05ROME3598BMENA FUND FOR THE FUTURE: ITALY SAYS NO EIB
[...] (SBU) Econ MinCouns discussed European Investment Bank (EIB) participation in the Fund for the Future (REF A) on October 25 with Ignazio Angeloni, Finance Ministry Director General for International Finance Relations, and Stefania Bazzoni, Office Director for EIB Affairs. Both thought that t [...]
2005-10-26 18:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EINV EU IT PGOV PHUM PREL
05ROME3802GOI SIGNS BLANKET END-USE, RETRANSFER, AND
[...] (U) In May 2005, the Embassy delivered the USG verbal note transmitted in reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). This note offered the GOI the opportunity to sign blanket end-use, retransfer, and security assurances for U.S.-origin defense articles, related training, or defense se [...]
2005-11-17 14:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMASS IT EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME40292005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I)
[...] Summary. The Government of Italy (GOI) is firmly committed to the fight against drug trafficking domestically and internationally. The Berlusconi government continues its strong counternarcotics stand with capable and effective Italian law enforcement agencies. Italy is a consumer country [...]
2005-12-09 13:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR IT EUN
05ROME4060MOI EXPELS MOHAMMED DAKI: ITALY'S 13 IN 2005
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu expelled Moroccan national and suspect terrorist Daki Mohamed on December 10, returning him to Morocco. Tunisian national and terrorist suspect Gharsellaoui Mohamed Akremi was also expelled December 10. In a December 11 press release, Pisanu [...]
2005-12-14 16:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
05ROME764FAO AND THE NEXT DESERT LOCUST INVASION
[...] Summary. USUN Rome has been actively engaging the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the desert locust emergency in Sahelian West Africa and the Maghreb to determine FAO's preparedness for the next spring and summer 2005 locust control campaign. It has learned that [...]
2005-03-08 06:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREF SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME857DEPARTING IRANIAN AMBASSADOR MAY SEEK SENIOR FAO
[...] (SBU) Mohammad Saeid Noori-Naeni, who has served as Iran's Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome since 1994, returns to his academic roots in Iran this month to become Rector of the University of Tehran. Indications are that the Iranian diplomat, who is popular in Rome, may be contemplati [...]
2005-03-14 15:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAORC EAGR KUNR PINR PREL IR FAO
05SANAA1884MISREPORTED COMMENTS ON RISKS TO AMERICANS IN THE
[...] (C) On June 29, CDA gave a wide ranging press interview in Arabic to a local website on bilateral U.S.-Yemeni relations, during the course of which he was asked if we thought Americans were at risk in Yemen. CDA responded that Americans were at risk throughout the region, from Yemen to Morocco, [...]
2005-07-12 15:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MO YE
05SANAA2463THE CITY OF TAIZ: WILL THE PHOENIX RISE AGAIN?
[...] Summary: DCM visited the city of Taiz, the third largest city in Yemen to open bids for the the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)-funded wastewater system project and to meet with civic, NGO, and business leaders on August 8. Taiz stand on the shoulders of trained and passionate NGO, [...]
2005-08-29 13:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV SOCI YM COM AORC
05SANAA255INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2005
[...] The following is posts' submission for the 2005 Investment Climate Statement: (Begin Text) Investment Climate 2005 for Yemen: Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requir [...]
2005-02-07 11:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR YM ECON COM
05SANAA335SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S FOR GLOBAL AFFAIR
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky to Yemen February 23-25. You will meet with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning International Cooperation Ahm [...]
2005-02-18 14:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KMPI ECON EAID PREF PHUM GTIP COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
05SANAA3364PRESIDENT SALEH, AFTER WASHINGTON VISIT: "I GET
[...] (C) Summary: President Saleh told Ambassador that he has taken to heart the messages he heard in Washington from President Bush, Secretary Rice, MCC/CEO Danelovich, World Bank Wolfowitz and others. He said that he had convoked his cabinet upon his return and demanded a plan of action to respon [...]
2005-11-27 09:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SY YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANSALVADOR2126EL SALVADORS'S EVOLVING FOREIGN POLICY - ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: Following a July 20 visit by Morocco's Health Minister, leading daily "La Prensa Grafica" led July 25 with a 3-page spread detailing El Salvador's evolving political strategy and rapprochement with the Middle East. The article discussed El Salvador's hopes of gaining an ECOSOC, o [...]
2005-07-27 20:35:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MO QA BA ES UNGA
05SANSALVADOR2429SCENESETTER FOR ACTING U/S BEARDSWORTH VISIT TO EL
[...] (SBU) Acting Under Secretary Beardsworth, I look forward to your delegation's visit to El Salvador from September 1 to 3 to meet with Salvadoran officials and attend the inaugural graduation of the ILEA. The following background information may be useful for your preparations. ------------ [...]
2005-08-31 17:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYES PGOV PREL
05SANTIAGO1686CHILE'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] (S) Chile's Muslim community is fractured and comprises less than one half of one percent of the country's population. The Palestinian community is relatively large (estimated at 350,000),mostly Christian, and fully assimilated. The small size of Chile,s Muslim community, together with its appar [...]
2005-08-10 18:06:00Embassy SantiagoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV CI
05SOFIA1280PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...]
2005-07-15 16:37:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BU
05TEGUCIGALPA2217 Honduras: Readout of Secretary Gutierrez
[...] Summary: On October 19, Secretary Gutierrez met with President Ricardo Maduro in a closed session. The Secretary encouraged Maduro to attend the Summit of the Americas, and to quickly comply with any outstanding CAFTA requirements to expedite entry into force. Maduro welcomed the Secretary' [...]
2005-10-31 22:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EINV EIND KTEX PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA765Congressional Staffers Visit Honduras, Question
[...] (SBU) Summary: Five U.S. Congressional staffers, representing House Democrats, visited Honduras in late March, on a trip aimed at building support for CAFTA-DR among undecided U.S. Congressmen. The visit, which was organized by the GOH and funded by the Honduran private sector, involved visit [...]
2005-04-08 22:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV ELAB EAGR HO
05TELAVIV1683ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, who holds the "Israeli-Palestinian portfolio" in the White House, and David Welch, the "head of the [...]
2005-03-21 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2054FM SHALOM TO CODEL DREIER ON THE PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told CODEL Dreier that the situation is better than 3-4 months ago because Mahmud Abbas is more moderate than Yasir Arafat. He also opined that "something is happening" in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, and Lebanon, and concluded that these countries want [...]
2005-04-04 13:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV3057ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-19 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the delegation of senior Israeli officials to Washington officially presented Israel's disengagement-related aid request to the U.S. admini [...]
2005-07-12 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4472ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media reported that the police last night allowed tens of thousands of anti-pullout demonstrators to sleep at Kfar Maimon, five km west of Netivot, w [...]
2005-07-19 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4619STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Histadrut labor federation leader and candidate for head of the Labor Party Amir Peretz on July 11 to discuss disengagement, the peace process and Israeli politics. Peretz expressed support for disengagement, but was suspicious that the GOI is intentional [...]
2005-07-25 07:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ELAB ECON EAID KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4838ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5155FM SHALOM TELLS A/S WELCH THAT ISRAELIS MUST SEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 17 meeting, FM Silvan Shalom told Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador that disengagement is proceeding better than expected, but still carries a heavy price for Likud politicians. Shalom expressed concern that Palestinian extremists could launch attacks agai [...]
2005-08-21 17:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS UNGA GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5426ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hurricane Katrina 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz notes that the international community is putting pressure on Israel to allow the Palestinians freedo [...]
2005-09-06 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5542ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5597ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] IDF Withdrawal From Gaza 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, after 38 years of Israeli military rule, dominated the headlines during the w [...]
2005-09-12 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5641ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the disorder in the PA and along the Philadelphi route. While some media, like Jerusalem Post (banner: "Egypt, PA Vow to Stop Gaza Infiltrator [...]
2005-09-14 09:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5798AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting September 25, Foreign Minister Shalom told Ambassador Jones that the United States remains Israel's best friend and that he hopes for continued USG support to expand Israel's ties to the Arab world, an area on which he has focused. He offered no pre [...]
2005-09-25 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5802ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting 3. Six-Party Talks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with PM Sharon's situation in the Likud. Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that on Wednesday, Shar [...]
2005-09-26 07:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5863SHARON PUSHES BACK CONTENDERS, KEEPING PRIMARIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon's victory in the September 27 Likud Central Committee vote over early party primaries staunches for now the efforts of leadership contender Bibi Netanyahu and his anti-disengagement cohorts, allowing Sharon to move ahead with his political agenda -- and the [...]
2005-09-27 16:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5903NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/21 MEETING WITH MFA MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Jacob Keidar told Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble September 21 that the GOI hopes, SIPDIS in the aftermath of disengagement from the Gaza Strip, to improve its relations with Arab states in the Gulf and North Africa [...]
2005-09-29 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IS MO SENV TS LE BU MU RS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6256ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] UNSC Vote on Syria 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media led with PM Sharon's political situation in the Knesset. The media reported that Sharon decided on Monday to postpone a fateful Knesset vote on [...]
2005-11-01 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6297ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as saying in Washington Wednesday, at a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, that Israel will SIPDIS not frus [...]
2005-11-03 13:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6530ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 08:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6619SENATOR LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told Codel Lieberman November 22 that he is disappointed that Prime Minister Sharon has left the Likud, and that it is hard to say what will happen in the general elections four months from now. Shalom predicted that he and former Prime Minister Be [...]
2005-11-23 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG TS IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV68482005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2005, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]
2005-12-08 15:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6855ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 2. Israeli Election Campaigns 3. Palestinian Leadership and the West ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF resumed "targeted assassinations" in the wake of the Neta [...]
2005-12-09 09:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6874(C) FM SHALOM DISCUSSES SECURITY CONCERNS,
[...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch on December 8 met with FM Silvan Shalom to discuss regional and Israeli-Palestinian issues. Shalom expressed concern about the security situation, claiming that there had been an increase in infiltrations by terrorists and weapons smuggling sin [...]
2005-12-10 15:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KWBG IS TS EG LE AG JO IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6972ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday, a Qassam rocket landed 2 km south of Ashkelon, in an area that comprises strategic installations, and another in a kibbut [...]
2005-12-16 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE1988NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS ON JULY 18-19 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff participated in the Dutch pre-briefing for the GAERC to be held in Brussels on July 18-19. It will emphasize the fight against terror, in light of the recent London bombings. On Lebanon and Syria, the Dutch believe the situation in Lebanon is "very fragile" and that the [...]
2005-07-15 10:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2557NEW DUTCH MFA SECTION: TERRORISM AND NEW THREATS
[...] (SBU) The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has created a "Terrorism and New Threats" unit within the Department of Political Affairs. According to Fred Olthof, the newly-designated head of the unit, the reorganization is intended to consolidate into one office several counter-terroris [...]
2005-09-20 16:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER NL
05THEHAGUE2599THE DUTCH MUSLIM COMMUNITY: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Muslim community in the Netherlands is the second largest in Europe as a percentage of total population (5.8 percent). It is also one of the least-well integrated and most alienated, and according to polls looks less favorably on the United States than Muslim communities elsewher [...]
2005-09-27 08:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE2651THE NETHERLANDS: COMBATING EXTREMISM THROUGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GONL is fully trying at the national and local levels to combat Islamic extremism on Dutch soil. The government's approach involves a two-pronged effort. First, the Dutch are promoting social integration in order to shrink the pool of potential recruits for extremist groups. Se [...]
2005-09-30 16:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL NL
05THEHAGUE2705ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) This cable responds to ref a request for information on Islamic Extremism in the Netherlands. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Within the relatively large Dutch Muslim Community, Islamic Extremism represents a worrisome and growing trend. Dutch security and intelligence services estimate that about 5 p [...]
2005-10-06 17:12:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PTER PGOV SOCI ASEC KISL NL
05THEHAGUE3008NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: MOHAMMAD B'S NEIGHBORHOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 10:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE3037DUTCH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, FORUM FOR THE FUTURE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge on November 8, Dutch POLDIR Hugo Siblesz confirmed that Defense Minister Kamp is driving the review of Dutch commitments to ISAF Stage III and stressed that additional support from partners -- including the U.S. -- will be critical to a successful Dutch dep [...]
2005-11-08 17:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR AF NL
05THEHAGUE3128MISSION OUTREACH DURING RAMADAN
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy staff participated in 19 outreach events during Ramadan this year, including hosting mission's first-ever Iftar dinner, attending small Iftar gatherings hosted by Muslim families in Amsterdam, participating in the country's first nationwide Ramadan festival, and hosting an inte [...]
2005-11-21 08:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL OEXC SCUL SOCI NL
05THEHAGUE3381READOUT OF DAS BRYZA'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DUTCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza's recent visit to The Hague featured lively discussion on integration and counter-radicalization issues currently the focus of intense debate in the Netherlands. Counterparts from Dutch Ministries and Dutch Parliament described the antecedent [...]
2005-12-22 07:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL NL
05TUNIS1045TUNISIA - DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) Tunisia has a lot of things going for it as a country, but the speedy clip of political liberalization is not one of them. The good news about Tunisia is that there is no organized extremist opposition that we know of. The bad news is that there is no organized opposition of any kind. Al [...]
2005-05-12 11:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KMPI ECON PGOV KPAO AMGT TS WSIS
05TUNIS1091Embassy Engages Tunisian Journalists on World Press
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the Embassy, with financial and logistical support from Internews, provided training for over 70 Tunisian journalists on the issue of on-line journalism. On May 3, the Embassy hosted a small hands-on workshop, led by American expert [...]
2005-05-24 13:25:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO SOCI KMPI TS ECIP
05TUNIS898FREE TRADE WITH THE U.S.: ARE THE TUNISIANS READY?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Booz Allen Hamilton's Emad Tinawi visited Tunis April 4 ) 8, to consult with U.S. Embassy and GOT officials, private sector representatives, and academics on U.S.-Tunisian trade and investment issues. Tinawi's visit, as a private sector consultant to the Department, aimed to a [...]
2005-05-02 09:38:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN TS
05VATICAN553SANT EGIDIO ASSEMBLES AFRICAN JUSTICE MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) The Rome-based Sant'Egidio Community brought together justice ministers from several African states in November to consider their respective governments' positions on the death penalty and other issues involving their penal systems. Sant'Egidio's Mario Giro told us that the participation [...]
2005-12-13 16:03:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV VT
05VIENNA1382005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: Investment Climate Statement - Austria 2005 ------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location became [...]
2005-01-14 15:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB AU OPIC USTR
05VIENNA2121AUSTRIA HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MOLDOVA'S EUROPEAN
[...] On June 22, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy hosted a conference on "Moldova's European Options." Two Moldovan ministers, European political analysts, and diplomatic representatives discussed Moldova's relations with the EU and the Transnistrian conflict. Moldovan Foreign M [...]
2005-06-24 12:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS AU
05VIENNA3888AUSTRIA: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 09:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER AU
05VILNIUS1288LITHUANIA: 2005 INSCR NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 11:37:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL LH
06ABUDHABI3140EMIRATES FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 29 lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his younger brother Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher pressed SIPDIS for continued support of Afghan reconstruction a [...]
2006-08-02 12:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID ENRG MOPS PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI3620 MEDIA REACTION: ANNIVERSARY OF SEPT 11
[...] Summary: A UAE female columnist in "Al-Ittihad" highlights that America, instead of eradicating the reasons for hate and terror, have created new reasons for hate, anger and terror in the region. A UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" commented on the moment of silence which Bush and the world took [...]
2006-09-13 09:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI780UAEG APPROVES COUNTRY'S FIRST FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary: On February 18, the Ministry of Social Affairs formally licensed the first human rights organization in the UAE. The new Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA) will be based in Abu Dhabi, and may have a future branch office in Dubai. All members of the organization passed a se [...]
2006-03-01 14:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI789UAE 2006 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of March 2005 through March 2006. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of ref. A paragraphs 21-24. Embassy TIP points [...]
2006-03-04 03:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
06ABUDHABI813UAE AVIATION UPDATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UAE,s aviation sector is rapidly growing in both the private and public sectors. During a recently held aviation conference in Abu Dhabi, the Directors General of Arab Civil Aviation Authorities formed an aviation security panel. In addition, commercial aviation services i [...]
2006-03-04 13:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAE EAIR ECON PREL
06ABUJA2087INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION ON KIDNAPPINGS IN NIGER
[...] In response to the hostage takings of August 13, at our invitation the Chiefs of Mission in paragraph 2 met on August 14 to share information and talk about a common approach to the Nigerian government to express concern about hostage taking and its acceleration in the Delta. They agreed to [...]
2006-08-14 14:48:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NI HOSTAGES MILITANTS OIL
06ABUJA2791NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP FOR THIRD QUARTER OF
[...] SUMMARY. To augment the required annual reporting, Embassy Abuja will be sending regular round-up cables detailing human rights incidents in Nigeria. This cable mimics the format of the Annual Report on Human Rights and a section at the end will discuss issues to which we will be paying par [...]
2006-10-25 06:44:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV NI
06ABUJA2891RAMADAN OUTREACH REVEALS CRITICISM, COMMENDATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the month of Ramadan (September 24-October 23),Embassy Abuja organized several public-speaking engagements, media outreach, and Iftar events to discuss U.S. policy toward the Muslim world and Muslim life in America. Local media outlets reported favorably and widely the [...]
2006-11-03 12:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KISL KPAO KIRF NI KWMN KDEM
06ACCRA2876RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON RELATIONS WITH GHANA
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Russia's newly arrived Ambassador to Ghana, Andrey Pokrovskiy, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Bridgewater. Porkrovskiy noted that Russia is politically active in Ghana and is trying to reengage in Africa generally. He was disappointed that Ghana was not realizing [...]
2006-11-30 12:29:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGH PGOV PREL RS
06ACCRA3005GHANA HOSTS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR 1540
[...] SUMMARY: Ghana hosted Africa's first outreach activity on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540, the UN Regional Seminar on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in Africa, in Accra on November 9-10, 2006. Representatives from 23 African countries attended [...]
2006-12-18 17:35:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ETTC PARM PREL PTER AORC XA GH
06ADANA128TURKEY: SOUTHEAST'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's textile industry continues to face difficulties in dealing with rapidly growing global competition, particularly from China and India. Textile industry leaders in Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep and Adana recently told us that the textile industry in Turkey's southeast continu [...]
2006-05-30 12:46:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL TU SY IZ
06ADDISABABA1359LOOKING AHEAD ON THE U.S.- AFRICAN UNION
[...] (SBU) Note from Charge Vicki Huddleston: This "think piece" on the African Union (AU) was drafted by political officer Cate McGeary whose brilliant coverage of the AU over the past two years has kept pace with the rapid changes in the institution and in our relations with it. Her voluminous, [...]
2006-05-16 07:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO EAID PGOV AU
06AITTAIPEI1842MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's dailies gave significant news and editorial coverage May 27-30 to alleged involvement in the snowballing insider trading scandal by President Chen Shui-bian's son-in-law, who was detained last Thursday, and to the pan-Blue and pan-Green camps' reactions to these developments. [...]
2006-05-31 16:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06ALGIERS1120ICRC PENDING HUMANITARIAN ISSUES IN THE WESTERN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 14:03:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
06ALGIERS1219BOUTEFLIKA ON WESTERN SAHARA, RELATIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-01 11:15:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS WI MO AG
06ALGIERS1418GOA AND POLISARIO STATEMENTS ON ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] (U) President Bouteflika's statement of congratulations to King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the seventh anniversary of the King's enthronement (Ref A) was widely reported in the Algerian press July 30. In his message, Bouteflika reiterated his steadfast determination to work with the Moroccan [...]
2006-08-02 16:28:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
06ALGIERS1504BOUTEFLIKA SENDS BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO KING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 06:31:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AG MO
06ALGIERS2025POLISARIO PERCEIVES CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY
[...] (C) During a November 16-17 orientation visit to Sahrawi refugee camps in the Tindouf region of Algeria, NEA/MAG desk officer and poloff met with Polisario Secretary-General Mohamed Abdelaziz and Polisario Representative to the U.S. Mouloud Said. Abdelaziz provided his version of the history [...]
2006-11-22 11:24:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PBTS PREF AG
06ALGIERS2071MFA SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CREATIVE SOLUTION
[...] (C) In a December 4 meeting devoted to several issues, the Ambassador reviewed for MFA Secretary General Ramtane Lamamra U.S. views on the Western Sahara. The Ambassador noted that Washington would look favorably on a serious Moroccan autonomy proposal for the disputed area, provided that it h [...]
2006-12-05 15:07:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
06ALGIERS336MFA ADVISES GIVING HAMAS TIME TO CHANGE, AVOIDING
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher told Ambassador, visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan, and DCM January 26 that while Algeria agreed with the U.S. that Hamas must change its position on peace with Israel, they disagreed about "imposing sanctions." Bouzaher advised the U.S. and [...]
2006-02-28 12:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG AG
06ALGIERS342THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF SAHRAWI REPUBLIC OBSERVED
[...] According to Algerian press reports confirmed by Embassy Rabat (reftels),the Polisario peacefully marked February 27 the 30th anniversary of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Unlike May 2005 statements from Polisario leader Abdelaziz and President Bouteflika, the statements this ye [...]
2006-02-28 15:44:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
06ALGIERS392FOREIGN MINISTER BEDJAOUI ON POLISARIO-MOROCCO
[...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with Ambassador and DCM covering a range of issues, Foreign Minister Bedjaoui raised the Western Sahara, asking Ambassador for U.S. views about Morocco's anticipated autonomy proposal. Ambassador noted that the U.S. has been encouraging Morocco to develop its ide [...]
2006-03-07 13:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS WI AG MO
06ALGIERS401SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO ALGIERS
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch, Embassy Algiers and our Algerian hosts very much look forward to welcoming you to Algiers. President Bouteflika is interested in continuing the dialogue you began in New York last September, and there is indeed much to discuss. Prime Minister Ouyahia and Forei [...]
2006-03-09 18:48:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER AG
06ALGIERS498NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF WESTERN
[...] (C) In his March 14 meeting with NEA A/S David Welch, PM Ouyahia said principles mattered in the world, and Algeria looked to the UN to stick by its principles on the Western Sahara, whose situation was a result of decolonization. Welch said the U.S. did not want to discard the UN process, bu [...]
2006-03-21 07:24:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EINV ETRD AG WI
06ALGIERS500HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN
[...] (C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclear issue to the Security Council would strengthen possibilities of resolving the problem through diplomacy; urged Algeria to ensure assistance was channeled to [...]
2006-03-21 07:38:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG
06ALGIERS503(C) WESTERN SAHARA: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH
[...] (C) President Bouteflika reviewed for NEA A/S Welch March 14 Algeria's views on the Western Sahara. Covering largely familiar ground, Bouteflika stressed that resolving the Western Sahara conflict is the UN's responsibility; that Algeria will never negotiate with Morocco on the Sahrawis' beh [...]
2006-03-21 07:42:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS WI MO AG
06ALGIERS556GOA AND POLISARIO REACT TO MOROCCAN KING'S VISIT
[...] In reaction to the visit last week of the Moroccan King Mohammed VI to the western side of the berm in the Western Sahara, the GOA and Polisario made public statements. Abdelaziz Belkhadem, former Foreign Minister and currently Minister of State and Personal Representative to President Boutef [...]
2006-03-27 17:31:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
06ALGIERS565REALITIES OF RECONCILIATION CHARTER IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) Influential segments of the Algerian public, assured by President Bouteflika last fall that voters were not approving a general amnesty for terrorists, are expressing serious reservations on its implementation after seeing prominent terrorists and FIS leaders returned to the streets and ma [...]
2006-03-29 15:57:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS623POLISARIO "AMBASSADOR" COMMENTS ON NEGOTIATING
[...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Mohammed Beissat discussed his views on possible negotiations with Morocco over King Mohammed VI's autonomy plan in a prolonged April 1 conversation with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief. Reviewing the history of Polisario-Moroccan direct negotiations since 1979, [...]
2006-04-04 17:08:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PGOV WI MO AG
06ALGIERS657MEETING OF AU EXPERTS ON MIGRATION HELD IN ALGIERS
[...] Mandated by the January Arab League Summit in Khartoum, the Commission of the African Union (AU) convened a meeting of migration and development experts in Algiers April 3-5. The participants addressed the major themes of security and stability, human rights, development, human resources, the [...]
2006-04-10 16:57:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SMIG PHUM AG XA
06ALGIERS727MESSAHEL TELLS AMBASSADOR MIGRATION PRIMARILY AN
[...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with MFA Minister-Delegate Messahel, Ambassador pressed again for an inclusive regional approach to the migration problem that included Morocco and urged Algeria to reconsider participation in the Rabat-hosted conference on migration. Messahel termed the recent AU ex [...]
2006-04-19 13:30:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG PHUM AG XA
06ALGIERS757GOA REJECTS SYG'S REPORT ON WESTERN SAHARA,
[...] (C) MFA Counselor and former UN Ambassador Abdallah Baali convoked Ambassador April 25 to explain Algeria's rejection of the recommendations in the UNSYG's report on the Western Sahara, which Baali claimed "ignored the achievements of the past" by abandoning the Baker Plan and the principle of [...]
2006-04-25 18:38:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
06ALGIERS891VISIT TO ALGERIA OF MAURITANIAN LEADER CONFERS
[...] (C) The May 6-7 visit of Mauritanian Military Council President Val to Algeria has given Val a strong seal of regime approval, bilateral ties a boost in a number of areas, and the Algerians an IOU of sorts on issues of concern. We believe the visit falls in the context of Algerian efforts to [...]
2006-05-17 17:17:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL AG MR
06ALMATY3394KAZAKHSTAN: FEEDBACK ON GICNT DOCUMENTS PROMISED
[...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglyazov and Third Secretary Dmitriy Tretyakov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed Ref A points and documents to Olzhas Togyzbayev of the MFA's international security section on September 21. 2. (SBU) Togyzbayev indicated that despite the f [...]
2006-09-25 06:29:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC MCAP PINR PINS KNNP KZ
06AMMAN1917FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2006 FORUM FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the prepcon for the Forum for the Future, Russian co-chairs pushed for control over the end product of the Forum -- including drafting the Chairman's Summary and attempting to move much of the decision-making on themes to be discussed to an additional prepcon in Moscow in May [...]
2006-03-15 15:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM ECON RS JO
06AMMAN2056FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2006 FORUM FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the prepcon for the Forum for the Future, Russian co-chairs pushed for control over the end product of the Forum -- including drafting the Chairman's Summary and attempting to move much of the decision-making on themes to be discussed to a much-expanded prepcon in Moscow in M [...]
2006-03-21 12:01:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM ECON RS JO
06AMMAN2073JORDAN'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION OF PHOSPHATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's recent sale of a 37% stake in the Jordan Phosphate Mining Corporation (JPMC) to the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) for US$110 million met with public and parliamentary disapproval before the deal was concluded. Given BIA's overall size of over US$100 billion, the investme [...]
2006-03-22 07:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN KPRV EMIN EIND ECON JO BX
06AMMAN2916Sandia Workshop Works to Lower Bioterrorism Risks,
[...] Summary: An April 11-13 workshop sponsored by Sandia National Lab gathered thirty Middle Eastern lab scientists in Amman to discuss biosafety and biosecurity risks and risk reduction strategies at health and agricultural biology labs. Expert speakers outlined best practices for lowering risk [...]
2006-04-25 03:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PTER XF JO
06AMMAN303JORDAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006
[...] In response to reftel request, post submits the Investment Climate Statement for 2006 for Jordan. As requested, post will also send a copy of the ICS via email to EB/IFD/OIA. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, JORDAN: Jordan 2006 Investment Climate Statement - Jordan Openne [...]
2006-01-17 13:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB JO OPIC USTR
06AMMAN4297"Get the Lead Out! Sulfur, Too" - Middle East Clean Fuels
[...] Summary: Fifty participants in the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles met in Cairo May 24-25. Stakeholders discussed plans to eliminate the use of leaded gasoline, and to promote low sulfur gasoline and diesel in the Middle East and North Africa. Studies from the United States show tha [...]
2006-06-14 05:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO ENRG XF EG
06AMMAN5953JORDAN'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL: RESPONSES TO JUDICIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's senior Prosecutor General told emboffs that the GoJ will assist in all judicial cooperation cases requested by the U.S. related to terrorism and narcotics because of Jordan's commitments to international agreements. One case was complete, and will be relayed to the Mini [...]
2006-08-07 13:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PGOV SNAR PINR PREL JO
06AMMAN617 REPORT ON MENA OECD MEETING
[...] (U) Summary: The Jordan Investment Board hosted a meeting January 23 and 24 to plan for the upcoming Ministerial on the MENA OECD Investment Program scheduled for February 13 and 14 at the Dead Sea. The UK, Japan and U.S. (as primary OECD donors) joined OECD and Jordan for the meeting. The Mi [...]
2006-01-26 08:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV JO
06AMMAN7025MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11 COMMEMORATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 09:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN7727New Environment Law Creates Incentive Fund, Ranger Force
[...] Summary: The Ministry of Environment has a new basic law, a new enforcement corps of environmental rangers, a new "Environmental Fund" to provide economic incentives for environmental protection, and has been fundamentally reorganized. QIZs are a priority area for enforcement. End summary. [...]
2006-10-10 12:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
06AMMAN7789JORDAN'S GROUP OF ELEVEN INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan joined ten other countries on the margin's of last month's UN General Assembly to launch a "Group of Eleven." Nine lower middle income countries joined Croatia and Pakistan to form a group dedicated to advance mutual interests in the global economic, investment and trade [...]
2006-10-12 05:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD ECON EAID JO
06AMMAN7831FTA Sparks Strengthened Environmental Protection in Jordan
[...] (U) Summary: During the environment session of the September 17 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee meeting, Jordanian Minister of Environment Khaled Irani noted that Jordan has made major strides in strengthening environmental protection since the U.S.-Jordan FTA was ratified in 2001. [...]
2006-10-13 11:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD PREL EAID KMPI KTIA JO
06AMMAN8495MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL BIOMETRIC CONFERENCE OUTCOMES
[...] (C) Summary: The November 7-8 Jordanian-hosted regional biometric conference was a significant success. All fourteen Middle East countries invited by Jordan attended, represented mostly by Interior Ministry officials. A number of participants told the U.S. delegation that this was the first [...]
2006-11-19 15:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL JO
06ANKARA1440PSI: TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN SUN
[...] The Government of Turkey held a planning conference on March 15, 2006 in Ankara for the upcoming PSI exercise Anatolian Sun. (Originally named Anatolian Deer, in late January the name was change to Anatolian Sun; TGS tells us this was to better match the operating area and objectives of the [...]
2006-03-20 11:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL TU
06ANKARA1568TURKEY-SYRIA FTA: NARROW SCOPE AND MODEST
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials and businessmen do not share the SARG's optimism about the recently-approved Turkey-Syria Free Trade Agreement. Turkish officials tell us that Turkey's FTAs are dictated by European Customs Union requirements, and business contacts tell us that Syria [...]
2006-03-24 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD POL ECON TU SY
06ANKARA1961PSI: INVITATION TO EXERCISE ANATOLIAN SUN FOR GCC
[...] (U) This is an action request --see para 3. 2. (C) We delivered talking points to Turkish MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan Yigit on April 11. Yigit responded that he would discuss the request with senior MFA and Turkish General Staff exercise developers. Yigit exp [...]
2006-04-11 11:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU ZP
06ANKARA2332FULL STEAM AHEAD ON TURKISH PRIVATIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Administration (PA) has already realized USD 8 billion in cash proceeds from privatizations in 2006, with several profitable sales still in the pipeline for this year. Initial public offerings are planned for several state-owned enterprises and a new wave of p [...]
2006-04-27 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG EFIN TU
06ANKARA3416PSI; TURKISH HOSTS MAJOR PSI EXERCISE; ANATOLIAN
[...] Summary: Turkey hosted a major PSI exercise, Anatolian Sun '06, from May 24-26, 2006. This exercise was the first multidimensional PSI exercise, which combined land, maritime and air interdiction components. The aim of Anatolian Sun-06 exercise was to test and develop the information and int [...]
2006-06-09 11:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6036TURKS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey has enthusiastically endorsed plans for the first meeting of partners of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) and will send a high-level delegation to Rabat on October 29-31. The MFA is coordinating an interagency review of the of Statement of Principles, [...]
2006-10-18 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA6068TURKEY'S SIDE OF THE STORY: TURKEY-GEORGIA FTA
[...] (C) Summary: According to Turkish trade officials, a Turkey-Georgia preferential trade agreement (ref A) is still being negotiated and includes a very limited list of agricultural and industrial goods. While in theory Turkey's participation in a customs union agreement with the EU could comp [...]
2006-10-20 12:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD TU GG
06ANKARA6373TURKEY: INSCR 2006-2007 DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of drugs and chemical controls in Turkey for inclusion in the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). End Summary. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Turkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asi [...]
2006-11-08 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL TU
06ANKARA6374ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6480ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SIGN THE
[...] This is an action message. See paragraph 3. Post is transmitting this on behalf of the U.S. delegation to the ITU meeting in Antalya. 2. Summary and Action Request: The U.S. Delegation to the 2006 Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union has achieved its [...]
2006-11-22 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECPS AORC TU
06ANKARA6541DEVELOPMENT IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST
[...] (U) Summary. On November 22, TESEV, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, a leading Turkish NGO, and the UNDP released a joint study identifying a series of short-term policies to address socio-economic problems in Southeast Turkey. The study offered few new insights as to devel [...]
2006-11-30 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA6542DEVELOPMENT IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST
[...] (U) Summary. On November 22, TESEV, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, a leading Turkish NGO, and the UNDP released a joint study identifying a series of short-term policies to address socio-economic problems in Southeast Turkey. The study offered few new insights as to devel [...]
2006-11-30 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA693TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, January 2006
[...] The Turkish government's Defense Industry Executive Committee, consisting of PM Tayyip Erdogan, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) GEN Hilmi Ozkok and Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, will convene on February 17 to evaluate the procurement of air defense systems to prepare against a possib [...]
2006-02-15 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL TU
06ASUNCION95PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JANUARY
[...] (U) Summary -------------- -- GOP and Morocco Sign Agreement to Facilitate Bilateral Investment and Relations -- Preparations for Election Not Easy -- Child Pornography Bill Becomes Law --------------------------------------------- ----------- GOP and Morocco Sign Agreement to Facilitate [...]
2006-01-30 15:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR PA
06ATHENS1312006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-17 14:19:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR
06ATHENS1804IRANIAN FM AND SOCIALIST PARTY LEADERS CONFIRM
[...] (C) Poloff contacted Dimitri Droutsas, advisor to George Papandreou (head of opposition PASOK party and President of Socialist International) to follow-up reftel telcon concerning the attendance of Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki at the July 15 Socialist International meeting. Droutsas reporte [...]
2006-07-12 14:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06ATHENS1821GEORGE PAPANDREOU INVITES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO
[...] (C) Summary: George Papandreou's closest foreign policy adviser Droutsas told Ambassador July 13 that Iranian FM Mottaki would be joining the Socialist International Presidium "for coffee" on July 15 on the Greek island of Samos. The invitation was extended when Papandreou visited Tehran o [...]
2006-07-13 14:45:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06BAGHDAD4016NINEWA: PENDING RELEASES OF FOREIGN INSURGENT
[...] (C) Summary: Authorities at Ninewa's Badush Prison remain urgently concerned about the pending release of 150 foreign fighters, at least one of whom is an admitted al-Qaeda member. These prisoners have completed sentences and, absent other arrangements, will be released at the prison and ar [...]
2006-10-27 11:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PTER KJUS IZ
06BAMAKO1372MOROCCO PUSHES SDAR OUT OF BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON
[...] (C) A diplomatic offensive by Moroccan Ambassador to Mali Moulay Idriss Fadhil paid off when Mali reportedly compelled the AU organizers to not extend an invitation to the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic (SDAR) to attend the Fourth International Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (ref [...]
2006-12-01 11:59:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALEAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID ML
06BANJUL712THE GAMBIA: MORE SENIOR PERSONNEL CHANGES IN GOTG
[...] (C) Interior Secretary of State (Minister) Jatta was removed in President Jammeh's ongoing personnel shakeup, and former Gambian Ambassadors to Nigeria and Morocco were among new appointees. We do not/not believe that the change of leadership at the National Intelligence Agency signals a desi [...]
2006-11-23 13:17:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMCA PTER GA
06BEIJING24348(C) PRC/AFRICA: ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AT THE
[...] (C) President Hu Jintao met with both Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according to MFA contacts, who added that the two African leaders did not meet each other while [...]
2006-12-06 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING6530APRIL 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NO PLANS FOR HAMAS
[...] Key points made at the April 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: - There are no plans for Palestinian FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China. - VFM Wu Dawei will travel to Tokyo to meet with the other heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations, but will not attend the NEACD. - China hopes [...]
2006-04-06 11:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH JP
06BEIJING6852APRIL 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT HU'S U.S.
[...] Key points made at the April 11 MFA press briefing are as follows: - President Hu Jintao will visit the United States April 18-21, Saudi Arabia April 22-24, Morocco April 24-26, Nigeria April 26-27 and Kenya April 27-28. - Beijing hopes President Hu's U.S. trip will help reduce bilateral [...]
2006-04-11 10:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING7092MFA PREVIEWS PRESIDENT HU'S TRIP TO THE UNITED
[...] During a special April 14 MFA press briefing, Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi previewed President Hu Jintao's April 18-29 visits to the United States, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nigeria and Kenya. Beijing stands ready to strengthen mutual trust and cooperation with the United States and addres [...]
2006-04-14 08:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BEIRUT1297MGLE01: SHIA POLITICIANS VIEW HIZBALLAH'S
[...] (C) Former MP Salah Harake provided econoff with impressions of the two Hizballah-nominated ministers in the cabinet within the Shia community. Harake described Minister of Energy and Water Mohammad Fneish as a "good guy" who has run his ministry well. Fneish, "competent and rational," is [...]
2006-04-26 15:15:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKISL LE PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT2620LEBANON: PM SINIORA DISCUSSES TOP PRIORITIES WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, the first day of the cessation of hostilities, Prime Minister Siniora convoked the Ambassadors of the UNSC Perm-5. Siniora requested support to provide temporary steel bridges that will help the return of displaced Shia to the south, and to remove the "siege" from the air [...]
2006-08-14 16:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT742MGLE01: EUROMENA PRIVATE EQUITY FUND LAUNCHED
[...] On March 10, the Capital Trust Group, a private equity firm headquartered in London with offices in New York, launched the EuroMena Fund at an official signing ceremony in Beirut. Philippe de Fontaine Vive, the Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB),told the gathering that the [...]
2006-03-10 13:05:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ETRD EINV LE
06BELGRADE1749AMB POLT HOSTS 3RD ANNUAL IFTAAR DINNER
[...] Celebrating the customs of Ramadan as well as cooperation between members of different religious traditions, the Ambassador played host to Embassy Belgrade's 3rd annual Iftaar dinner this week (10/19). Over a meal which included both traditional Arab dishes and American favorites such as pump [...]
2006-10-25 12:02:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM SR YI KPAO
06BERLIN2676S/CT AMB. CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH EU CT
[...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton, meeting EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries September 6 in Berlin, stated the need for the U.S. and EU to incorporate all the tools at their disposal -- social, commercial, economic, and diplomatic tools -- in the fight a [...]
2006-09-13 07:15:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KHLS EAID GM EU
06BERLIN3542FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Senior Advisor Charles King Mallory and NEA/PI Political Pillar Manager Owen Kirby met with representatives from two German political foundations December 6-7. In separate meetings, representatives of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) and Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FEF [...]
2006-12-20 09:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMPI GM
06BERN141SWISS COUNTERTERRORISM OVERVIEW - SCENESETTER FOR \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 16:53:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER PARM ETTC SZ
06BERN593SWISS ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSAL OF EXCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 10:39:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PREL IZ SZ
06BOGOTA717COLOMBIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] The Uribe administration stepped up the economic liberalization begun in the early 1990's and is committed to an open investment regime. Liberalization has progressed furthest in telecommunications, accounting/auditing, energy, and tourism and to a lesser extent, legal services, insurance, dis [...]
2006-01-26 15:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON OPIC KTDB USTR CO
06BRASILIA786 BRAZIL/MERCOSUL BILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATING PRIORITIES
[...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (U) Introduction and Summary. This cable is intended to provide a brief overview of Mercosul's bilateral trade negotiations. The following information is based primarily on Econoff's conversations with Orlando Leite Ribeiro of the Foreign Ministry's Regional [...]
2006-04-24 16:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON BR
06BRUSSELS1435EU JHA COUNCIL FOCUSES ON VISA FEES,
[...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 27 agreed to raise the price of Schengen visas from EUR 35 to 60, while allowing for more favorable treatment of EU neighbors. "Countries with a European perspective" are eligible for reduced rates if they sign readmission agreement [...]
2006-04-28 14:25:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL PREF SMIG EAID KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS19INTRODUCING THE EU VI: EVER-WIDER UNION:
[...] Enlargement is one of the EU's "most successful policies" and "a powerful foreign policy tool" for extending a zone of peace and democracy across the European continent. The conditions for joining and the various stages of the accession process, as outlined below, allow for little flexibilit [...]
2006-01-04 15:27:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS2199 BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 26, 2006
[...] (U) In May, EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding levied a general criticism at European countries for lagging behind on implementing fast new technologies. The commissioner lamented Europe's slow take-up of new high-speed communications technologies such as broadband internet, te [...]
2006-06-27 13:10:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EAID EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS2203BELGIUM: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] SUMMARY: Belgium continues to provide important contributions to the common Transatlantic defense, by assisting resident and transiting U.S. forces and with its own forces supporting stability in Afghanistan, the Balkans and the Congo. The Belgian military is hobbled by an aging force structur [...]
2006-06-27 16:42:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MCAP MOPS PREL BE
06BRUSSELS2502BELGIAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER OUTLINES IDEAS TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: During Ambassador's July 13 meeting with Belgian Federal Minister of Cooperation and Development Armand De Decker the following topics were discussed: Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. aid, and the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC). Th [...]
2006-07-18 05:37:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PGOV MOPS PREL KBIO BE CG AF SO IZ
06BRUSSELS3540EMBASSY OCTOBER 16 IFTAR: BELGIAN MUSLIMS PONDER
[...] (U) More than 20 guests at Ambassador Korologos' October 16 Iftar dinner discussed the October 8 local elections in Belgium, Muslim identity and integration into Belgian society, and whether it is possible to criticize Islam. This was the Ambassador's second Iftar dinner of this Ramadan seaso [...]
2006-10-18 13:15:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL SOCI BE
06BRUSSELS4099 MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY 2006-2007 FOR BELGIUM
[...] (U) The Muslim populace in Belgium, a country of just over 10 million people, forms nearly five percent of the total population. Although the Government of Belgium does not keep statistics on ethnicity or religion, most estimates for the total population of Muslims in Belgium range from 450, [...]
2006-12-12 16:43:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL SOCI PGOV BE
06BRUSSELS791LEVERAGING EU ASSISTANCE FOR US FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bush's historic visit to Brussels in February 2005 has been followed by increased US-European cooperation on a range of political and security issues. An important component of that cooperation is greater synergy between US and EU approaches to development and humani [...]
2006-03-08 10:55:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KDEM PREF PREL KMCA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS835CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: FEBRUARY 2006
[...] Summary. During its February 22 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from Northern Africa (submitted by Spain),Africa (France),the Caribbean (France),Central America (US),South America (Spain),as well as an interim report from the June 2005 mee [...]
2006-03-10 15:03:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUENOSAIRES1210MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS; UN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include the current situation in Iraq; the outcome of Colombian elections; the imminent voting at the UN Security Council to remove five of its non-permanent members; the implications of the Enron case; the status of the US immigration draft bill; the arriv [...]
2006-05-31 15:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CAIRO2021ARAB LEAGUE'S KHARTOUM SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan played host March 28-29 to the 18th regular summit of Arab League (AL) leaders, a meeting notable for poor attendance by heads of state and deep divisions over Iraq, Lebanon, and Hamas. AL leaders approved dozens of resolutions, covering the range of priorities for all 2 [...]
2006-04-03 14:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KPAL MEPN EG SU
06CAIRO2165SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
[...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Egypt the week of February 12-18 to speak at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),to advocate in favor of a supportive regulatory framework for agricultural bi [...]
2006-04-10 11:16:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TBIO EG
06CAIRO3007EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON DARFUR, UN REFORM,
[...] (C) During a May 18 meeting requested by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit offered his views on next steps in Darfur, UN reform, and countering the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Aboul Gheit said Egypt was in touch with Khartoum to urge its cooperation to resolve international [...]
2006-05-18 15:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC EG SU LE
06CAIRO6653BANK OF ALEXANDRIA SALE CONTRACT SIGNED
[...] (U) The contract for sale of 80 percent of the shares of Bank of Alexandria (BOA) to the Italian bank Sanpaolo IMI was signed on October 31 by the Chairman of Sanpaolo, Enrico Salza, and Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali. Sanpaolo deposited the $1.6 billion cost of the purchase into a [...]
2006-11-01 15:12:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EINV EFIN EG
06CARACAS2656BRV BOGIES: GOLF COURSE EXPROPRIATIONS CAUSE A STIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition is mounting to the expropriation decrees issued by Caracas Mayor Juan Barreto for the Valle Arriba Golf Club and the Caracas Country Club. A Caracas municipal councilman, Carlos Ciordia, published maps on his website showing that the decrees also encompass areas arou [...]
2006-09-01 21:19:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV VE
06CASABLANCA1020 VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 5, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the Acting DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following 53 [...]
2006-09-08 17:11:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1151 VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 2, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2006-10-06 15:41:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1233MOROCCANS PROTEST HIGH PRICES WITH LOW TURN-OUT
[...] (U) Summary: As Ramadan began in late September, so did protests in Casablanca and other major cities against the rise in prices of basic commodities. However, levels of participation were lower than organizers had hoped. This was due in part to the fact that the GOM gained union acceptance [...]
2006-10-31 10:39:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KDEM MO
06CASABLANCA1268Ramadan in Casablanca: Why is This Year Different?
[...] (C) Summary: According to press reports and personal observations, attendance at mosques throughout Casablanca during the month of Ramadan this year hit an all-time high and the number of youth present was unprecedented. Anti-Western rhetoric was not prominent in "official" mosques although i [...]
2006-11-03 15:26:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PINR PREL
06CASABLANCA1286 VISAS VIPER FOR OCTOBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met November 7, 2006. The meeting was chaired by CONS on behalf of the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. POL earlier reported they had no names [...]
2006-11-09 15:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1293 VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 07:06:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1294 VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 07:34:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1298MOROCCAN NGO FOR CIVIC EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Forum for Citizenship is an NGO that promotes democratic principles, civic education, and open political dialogue. While its efforts have been successful, particularly in creating clubs to educate youth about democracy, it counts among its challenges regional instability and [...]
2006-11-17 13:50:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV PREL MO
06CASABLANCA1310DESPITE LACK OF OFFICIAL ACCORD UNHCR EXPANDS RABAT OFFICE
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting at UNHCR's office in Rabat, Head of Office Johannes Van der Klaauw told Poloff that, although the GOM is dragging its feet on official recognition of the organization, he is pressing forward with plans to increase his staff and enlarge his office space. Th [...]
2006-11-27 09:21:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF SMIG MO
06CASABLANCA1314 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 4, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2006-12-05 07:58:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1325MOROCCAN BANKS ON REGIONAL GROWTH, REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent series of meetings with Morocco's three national banks showed that while they have distinct personalities, they share a strong interest in expanding to francophone Africa and other countries in the Maghreb. They also agree that the economic climate in Morocco has improv [...]
2006-12-20 08:54:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KDEM MO
06CASABLANCA1330SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN MEETS WITH JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Casablanca, the Department's Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Gregg Rickman, met with leading members of Morocco's Jewish community to discuss various topics of concern. Candid conversations highlighted the community's anxiety over possi [...]
2006-12-22 10:32:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL MO
06CASABLANCA1333RED ALERT FOR MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent spate of incidents involving Moroccan security forces and sub-Saharan migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers has stirred fear and anxiety throughout the sub-Saharan population in Morocco. On December 23, Moroccan security officials rounded up more than 200 sub-Saharans [...]
2006-12-28 15:11:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF SMIG MO
06CASABLANCA142MOROCCAN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: OVERCOMING A STIFLING INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco's numerous professional associations have had limited effectiveness in lobbying for their collective interests and promoting social change and reform. Some observers cite conflict between so-called "old guard" associations holding back the reform efforts of newer groups [...]
2006-02-02 17:26:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD MO
06CASABLANCA165FY2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) PROJECTS FOR
[...] Mission Morocco welcomes the Department's continued interest in supporting Moroccan efforts to stem trafficking in persons, treat its victims, and punish its perpetrators. The mission is very appreciative of Department's recent decision to earmark USD 183,344 in support of two anti-traffickin [...]
2006-02-07 17:43:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA167 VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on February 6, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, DAO, PAS, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the f [...]
2006-02-08 13:50:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA232MOROCCO 2005 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This cable responds to action request (ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from March 2005 to March 2006. --------------------------------- Morocco Remains [...]
2006-02-28 15:52:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MO
06CASABLANCA235 NUMBER OF STRIKES UP BUT DAYS LOST WAY DOWN
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Government of Morocco reported recently that the number of strikes in Morocco's private sector rose by 10 percent in 2005, compared to 2004. In contrast, however, the number of work-days lost to [...]
2006-03-02 15:09:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM KTEX MO
06CASABLANCA236MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Official Government of Morocco (GOM) figures confirm positive yet low economic growth in 2005. GOM officials cite high energy prices, an adverse agricultural season and unfavorable developments in the textiles sector as contributing to restrained economic growth. Unexpectedly, [...]
2006-03-03 11:46:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD MO
06CASABLANCA367TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CASABLANCA BUSINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Conversations with members of Casablanca's business community reveal an underlying discord between the economic priorities of the Government (and Palace) and the expectations of Casablanca's businessmen and entrepreneurs. While most business professionals we spoke with support t [...]
2006-04-07 15:43:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EIND ENIV PGOV MO
06CASABLANCA409CASABLANCA SLUMS: IT'S NOT JUST SIDI MOUMEN ANYMORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On a recent visit to a local "bidonville" (Moroccan term for shantytown),Poloff and Econoff spoke with several young adults about life in Morocco, opportunities for youth, and their views of the United States. Officers also toured the bidonville, home to approximately 2,500 [...]
2006-04-25 14:45:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
06CASABLANCA418YNNA HOLDINGS: A MULTI-NATIONAL MANAGED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ynna Holdings -- one of Morocco's largest and most successful privately owned industrial and financial groups -- is a family-owned multi-national with business practices strongly influenced by Islamic principles. Ynna-owned supermarkets and hotels sell neither alcohol nor tobac [...]
2006-04-27 13:19:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EIND MO
06CASABLANCA435LEGAL GUIDELINES FOR MOROCCAN DOMESTICS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: More than two years after adopting a new Labor Code, Morocco is finally working to plug a gaping hole left by the Code, a hole through which thousands of children slip each year. Morocco's Director of Labor, Abdelaziz Adoum, confirmed to laboff this week that a draft proposal o [...]
2006-05-02 11:19:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALLAB MO PGOV PHUM
06CASABLANCA45 VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2005 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper committee met on January 9, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, DAO, PAS, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The committee has no names [...]
2006-01-10 15:33:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA457DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF FOUR JI
[...] (SBU) Econoff met April 28 with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official Mr Azouz Aboulkouroum to discuss terrorism finance-related issues and to deliver reftel demarche concerning the designation of four members of Jemaah Islamiyah. 2. (SBU) Aboulkouroum was receptive to demar [...]
2006-05-04 15:27:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KFTN PTER XF MO
06CASABLANCA489 VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on May 8, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following n [...]
2006-05-10 16:15:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA523AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES AML, SME LENDING WITH THREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Ambassador Riley met with the Chairmen of three of Casablanca's largest banks -- Moroccan-owned BMCE Bank Group, government controlled Banque Centrale Populaire and French-owned Soci,t, Generale -- on April 26th to discuss compliance with pending Government of [...]
2006-05-19 09:27:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KTFN MO
06CASABLANCA530MOROCCO PROPOSES NEW LAW TO RESCUE LITTLE MAIDS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On May 9, 2006, Secretary of State in Charge of Families, Children, and the Handicapped, Yasmina Baddou, announced the GOM's plan of action to end the practice of employing child maids in Morocco [...]
2006-05-19 17:02:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
06CASABLANCA562CASABLANCA COMMEMORATES THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On May 16 2006, the city of Casablanca peacefully commemorated those who fell to terrorism three years ago when 12 suicide bombers struck five sites around the city. Government officials, civil society [...]
2006-05-25 09:23:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM MO
06CASABLANCA571Tsunami Destroys Casablanca - Next Thursday
[...] (U) On Monday afternoon, May 22, 2006, hundreds of Moroccan children returned home from school with a dire prediction that a giant tsunami would strike Casablanca in a mere three days. Some schools threatened closures and word of the disaster washed over the city sending people scurrying to [...]
2006-05-26 14:45:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CACS ZH ZT MO
06CASABLANCA576TERRORIST FINANCE: UN 1267 SANCTIONS AGAINST
[...] (S) Post has discussed reftel internally with relevant Mission elements. Post does not object to the proposed designations of Moroccan nationals Mohammed Moumou and Farid Lamrabet. Post does not anticipate any negative impact of reftel designations in Morocco. Post also believes GOM would [...]
2006-05-26 17:12:00Consulate CasablancaSECRETPREL PTER EFIN KTFN UN IT BE NR AG EG MO
06CASABLANCA631MOROCCO SUBMISSION FOR 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT
[...] (U) Post has discussed reftel internally with relevant Mission elements. We are not aware of any expropriation, other taking of property or contract repudiation by the Government of Morocco (GOM) in the past year. Please note post did not submit a report last year because only affirmative [...]
2006-06-08 15:30:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE PGOV OPIC MO
06CASABLANCA633Diplomatic Note Received: Morocco's Terrorism
[...] (SBU) On June 7 , Embassy received diplomatic note BZ/1673/DG7 dated June 6, 2006, from the Government of Morocco (GOM) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation's (MFA's),Office of Bilateral relations. The note is in response to recent demarches (reftels) encouraging continued efforts on [...]
2006-06-09 15:10:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KFTN PTER XF MO
06CASABLANCA634UNHCR PROPOSES JOINT REFUGEE REGISTRATION WITH GOM
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 24, UNHCR Head of Office Johannes Van der Klaauw told poloff that he had submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) seeking to form a joint registrati [...]
2006-06-09 15:10:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL SOCI PGOV MO
06CASABLANCA637THE PALACE AND MOROCCO'S BUSINESS ASSOCIATION:
[...] (C) Summary: In demonstration of the palace's reach in business affairs, Morocco's oldest and largest professional business association will soon inaugurate a new president after an ostensibly free election. Since only one candidate, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, registered in time to run he is ass [...]
2006-06-12 09:08:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENIV ETRD MO PGOV
06CASABLANCA6752006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: MOROCCO GENERALLY PLEASED
[...] (U) On June 12 poloff met with MFA North American Division Chief Wassane Zailachi to deliver reftel demarche and English version of Morocco's 2006 TIP report. MFA America Desk Officer Alaaddine Benhadi also attended the meeting. Zailachi thanked poloff for the report and had no comment on U [...]
2006-06-19 16:33:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN MO PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
06CASABLANCA676NO HAWALAS PLEASE, WE'RE MOROCCAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite government denials, it appears "hawalas" and other informal money-transfer mechanisms are alive and well in Morocco. (Hawala, meaning "trust", is an informal money transfer system characterized by low cost and lack of transparency.) Government of Morocco (GOM) offici [...]
2006-06-20 09:57:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER MO
06CASABLANCA737ISLAMIST PARLIAMENTARIAN OFFERS REGARDS BUT NO
[...] (C) In recent weeks we have been meeting with Casablanca- based political party leaders to take the temperature in Morocco,s largest city on political preparations for the 2007 Moroccan Parliamentary elections. When we called for an appointment with Parliamentarian and Party of Justice and [...]
2006-06-29 14:29:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PREL
06CASABLANCA773IT'S THE ISLAMISTS, NOT THE POLISARIO! CASABLANCA
[...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Casablanca business and financial elites reveal different priorities and perspectives than political elites on the issue of the Western Sahara. Whereas government contacts emphasize resolution of the Western Sahara conflict as a national priority, Casablanca b [...]
2006-07-06 17:32:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON PBTS PGOV MO
06CASABLANCA819RESPONSE: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This cable is a response to a request for information on MINURSO's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the We [...]
2006-07-17 16:16:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPRO PGOV MO
06CASABLANCA850MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE JUNE 2006
[...] Summary: The Centre Marocain de Conjoncture (CMC),an independent Moroccan research center, forecasts a 7.1 percent growth rate for the Moroccan economy in 2006, up significantly from Government of Morocco (GOM) forecasts of 5.4 percent earlier this year. The increase is attributed to an espe [...]
2006-07-21 14:36:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD EAGR MO
06CASABLANCA851ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW TAKES SIGNIFICANT STEP
[...] (U) On July 20th, the Ministerial Council presided over by King Mohammed VI approved Morocco's long-awaited draft Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation. The royally-approved draft law can now be presented to Parliament when it convenes in the second week of October. Both the upper and lo [...]
2006-07-21 14:40:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KTFN PTER MO
06CASABLANCA883HACKING ISRAEL AND PIRATING MOVIES: TALES FROM THE MOROCCAN
[...] (C) Summary: The black market still thrives in Casablanca despite the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) provisions of various bilateral and multilateral agreements to which Morocco is a party. Although there are occasional high profile arrests and confiscations of pirated goods by GOM author [...]
2006-08-01 09:25:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV MO
06CASABLANCA930Casablanca Political Party Leaders Speak Out
[...] (C) Summary: In an introductory round of calls on various Casablanca-based political party leaders and executive board members we heard many similar concerns regarding Morocco's upcoming 2007 elections. --Every political activist we encountered expressed an interest in the election poll con [...]
2006-08-09 14:28:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PINR
06CASABLANCA947On the Edge of the Arab World Morocco Joins in the Fray
[...] (C) Summary: As the fighting between Israel and Lebanon hits the one month mark, anti-American sentiments in Morocco's largest city are strong, and getting stronger. On Sunday, August 6, Casablanca witnessed a well-organized protest with tens of thousands of Moroccans marching in solidarity [...]
2006-08-14 12:06:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PINR
06DAKAR1100WHAT DID SENEGALESE DO BEFORE THEY HAD CANDLES?;
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The latest political joke making the rounds in Dakar these days is: "What did Senegalese do before they had candles? ... They had electricity." Unfortunately, Senegal's chronic electricity shortages are no laughing matter and continue to have adverse economic, social and politi [...]
2006-05-10 08:01:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET SG
06DAKAR1170GUINEA-BISSAU: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HER
[...] (C) Ambassador Jacobs presented credentials to President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira and met with Prime Minister Aristides Gomes; members of the diplomatic corps, human rights and development NGOs, UNOGBIS, the UNDP representative for de-mining, the Law Faculty, National Assembly, a cashew pr [...]
2006-05-17 11:32:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR PU
06DAKAR1857TFLE01: MORE PEACEFUL PROTESTS; WADE CALLS FOR
[...] SUMMARY: President Wade reiterated his call for an immediate Middle East ceasefire. Almost 450 Senegalese have now fled Lebanon, with Morocco and France evacuating more than half. Senegalese, Bissau-Guineans and Lebanese in Bissau and Dakar staged peaceful demonstrations on July 31 and Augu [...]
2006-08-03 07:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PREL CASC ASEC MOPS LE IS PU SG
06DAKAR1892AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE BRIDGE
[...] During a recent visit to Senegal, the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) announced the Bank's plans to provide financial support for the construction of a bridge at Rosso, on the Senegal River, which will link Senegal and Mauritania. The project of building a bridge over [...]
2006-08-07 18:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO BEXP ECIN EAID SG MR
06DAKAR1970SUPPORT FOR CONTINUANCE OF AGOA THIRD COUNTRY
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) has selected the textile and apparel sector as a strategic growth sector for its Accelerated Growth Strategy. Although Senegalese companies continue to have limited, domestic production of cloth and finished apparel, companies are making noticeable ef [...]
2006-08-17 08:37:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA KTEX EINV ECON SG
06DAKAR2115ILLEGAL MIGRATION FROM SENEGAL: THE "TITANIC"
[...] (C) The supposedly U.S.-bound "Titanic" and its alleged twin (Ref B) have disappeared. According to the "Titanic's" builder, it was financed by a Lebanese businessman, (living near Soumbediounne Market (a large artisanal and fish market)) in Dakar, while a Spanish national had commissioned t [...]
2006-09-01 17:45:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINR PHUM SMIG SOCI ECON PREL KCRM CV SP SG
06DAKAR2364SENEGAL'S STRATEGY TO ADDRESS ITS ENERGY CRISIS
[...] (SBU) As we enter the ninth month of Senegal's energy crisis, the GOS and energy parastatals have outlined a number of steps that they hope will stabilize the situation. With presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007, there is widespread agreement among sector analysts that th [...]
2006-09-29 17:09:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG CH IR LY MO
06DAKAR2460WESTERN OIL COMPANIES REDUCE HOLDINGS IN SENEGAL AS OTHER
[...] (SBU) Citing poor returns on investments, Exxon-Mobil officials have announced publicly the sale of its 300 service stations in Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Cameroon, Kenya, and the island of Reunion to the Libyan firm Tamoil. At the same time, Royal Dutch Shell is quietly selling off the r [...]
2006-10-13 06:15:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA CH IR LY MO SG
06DAKAR2571SENEGAL: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS
[...] (U) In response to Ref A request, post provides the following information on Senegal's textile and apparel industry. This expands upon information provided in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Senegal's textile industry produces limited volumes of domestic cloth and finished apparel. Despite being highlig [...]
2006-10-23 11:33:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KTEX EINV AGOA SG
06DAKAR27802006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]
2006-11-21 10:46:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR27892006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]
2006-11-21 15:58:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR27962006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 15:24:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR2893GUINEA BISSAU: RETURN OF THE RED HAT CREATES BROAD
[...] (C) Former President Kumba Yala, widely described as &crazy,8 is creating unease in Bissau as he takes the reigns of the second largest party in the National Popular Assembly (ANP),the Party for Social Renewal (PRS). There is talk by the largest opposition party, the Party for the Independe [...]
2006-12-05 10:04:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ECON EAID PU
06DAKAR528SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. The most important achievement of the past year was passage of its first trafficking-in- persons (TIP) l [...]
2006-03-02 07:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SG
06DAKAR558UPDATE ON ICS BANKING CRISIS
[...] SUMMARY: Pressure is mounting on local banks to take provisions against approximately USD 150 million in overdue loans to Senegal's failing phosphate mining concern, Industries Chimiques du Senegal (ICS). So far, Citibank appears to be the only foreign bank actively moving to write off bad l [...]
2006-03-06 08:27:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ETRD IN SG
06DAMASCUS1082MOVING FORWARD ON THE SYRIA-TURKEY FREE TRADE
[...] (C) Summary: The Syrian press reported last week on the Turkish Parliament's approval of the Syria-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (FTA),indicating that it would increase bilateral trade to $2 billion by 2007. Turkish diplomatic contacts have stated that implementation of the agreement is stil [...]
2006-03-12 12:23:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD SY
06DAMASCUS1296SYRIAN LEGAL EXPERTS, BUSINESSMEN TO LAUNCH
[...] (C) A group of businessmen, lawyers, judges, and researchers are in the final planning stages of launching a Syrian chapter of Transparency International, the Germany-based anti-corruption NGO. According to activist and researcher Radwan Zyadeh, the organization has been in the works for th [...]
2006-03-23 14:33:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV
06DAMASCUS1922Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that PM Mohammed Naji Ottri, in a cabinet meeting, called on Syrian citizens to take part in the fund-raising campaign for the Palestinian people scheduled to be launched next Sunday all over the country. Papers also reported that the first Arab-Euro Dialogue F [...]
2006-04-27 13:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3721Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli War against Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the new Israeli massacre in Qana. Headlines featured President Asad's telephone conversation with Lebanese President Lahoud expressing pain and shock at the crime that Israel has committed against innocent civilians in Qana. President Asad reaffirmed Syria' [...]
2006-07-31 11:27:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5302ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING - READOUT
[...] (U) Summary. The semi-annual meeting of the Arab League Boycott Office (ALBO) was held November 6-9 in Damascus, with representation from the same 14 countries that attended the last meeting in May 2006 (ref A). Some participants feel the semi-annual conference has outlived its usefulness and [...]
2006-11-14 14:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALABLD ECON KBCT PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS963SARG CLOSES EUROPEAN COMMISSION-FUNDED CIVIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG authorities closed the European Commission-funded Civil Society Training Center on March 1, only nine days after its widely-covered opening on February 21. The training center is one of five recently launched EC-sponsored projects in Syria. The shutdown coincided with th [...]
2006-03-06 16:32:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DOHA1603DEMOCRACIES CONFERENCE DOES NOT MEET EXPECTATIONS;
[...] (SBU) Summary. The International Conference of New or Restored Democracies did not meet the Qatari hosts' greater expectations and a range of participants felt that international representation was at a low level. The Israeli FM's plans to attend and then cancellation left the conference organ [...]
2006-11-02 15:07:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAL IS QA
06DOHA512006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR
[...] This report serves as the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: The government of Qatar, under the leadership of the [...]
2006-01-10 15:11:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR ECON
06DUBLIN60INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 - IRELAND
[...] Over the past twenty years, the Irish Government has actively promoted foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has underpinned unprecedented economic growth during this "Celtic Tiger" period. FDI flows into Ireland increased from an annual average of USD 140 million in the mid-1980s [...]
2006-01-20 13:54:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN USTR ECON KTDB OPIC EI
06EFTORABAT1713DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Minister delegate Taieb Fassi Fihri warmly welcomed the U.S.-Russian joint proposal that it host the first Global initiative meeting, and fully supported the initiative itself, but asked for a little time to respond, given that key decision makers are out of the country. He [...]
2006-09-14 14:19:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGIC PTER KNNP MO
06GENEVA1637RESOLUTIONS ON ALL FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] The Human Rights Council (HRC) passed resolutions on all five inter-governmental working groups during the June 29-30 conclusions and recommendations portion of the inaugural session. Discussion on the working group resolutions took place June 26-27, at which time the United States delivered [...]
2006-07-03 14:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1638HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
[...] UN General Assembly President and Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson opened the inaugural session of the Human Rights Council (June 19-23) with a speech recalling why the Council was created and the challenges it faced. UN Secretary General Annan endorsed the adoption of the SIPDIS Conv [...]
2006-07-03 14:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1954HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES LEBANON RESOLUTION AT
[...] In its second special session the Human Rights Council (HRC) passed August 11 by a vote of 27-11-8 with one absent a resolution condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon. The resolution did not included any reference to Hizballah or its actions. The resolution sponsors, primarily from the [...]
2006-08-12 11:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2030INSIDE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \
[...] (C) The newly established Human Rights Council (HRC) \ within the space of two months held an inaugural session \ (June 19-30) and two special sessions (July 5-6 and August \ 11) both focused on condemning Israel. As the U.S. \ Government debates whether or not to seek election to the \ Council n [...]
2006-08-23 05:21:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC PREL
06GENEVA2913HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL THIRD SPECIAL SESSION: ONCE
[...] (U) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its third Special Session November 15 with the passage of a one-sided resolution condemning Israeli military operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, especially the death of civilians in Beit Hanoun November 8, by a vote of 32-8-6. The r [...]
2006-11-15 19:05:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
06ISTANBUL211BMENA: TURKS KEEP DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Summary: A February 6-7 conference organized by the Turkish NGO TESEV within the framework of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) brought together 150 NGO and government representatives from around the Middle East and North Africa to develop an action platform to increase the role o [...]
2006-02-17 09:10:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TU XD XF XI KDEM KWMN
06JEDDAH271IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CONFRONTS CONOFF AT JEDDAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent gathering at the home of a prominent Saudi businessman, the Iranian ambassador to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Mohammed Kazem Khawansari, confronted Conoff after he was seated near him by the host. Khawansari discussed the recent publication of an [...]
2006-04-07 14:52:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA IR IS KPAL KWBG
06JEDDAH425ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMENTS AT MAY BUSINESS
[...] SUMMARY. Business leaders attending a monthly speech sponsored by the American Businessmen of Jeddah (ABJ) maintain their optimism for the Saudi economy. They are, however, cautious when commenting on the local stock exchange. Their concern is that the market is still grossly overvalued. [...]
2006-06-17 14:08:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL SA SOCI
06JOHANNESBURG339THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART IV -- AFRICAN COAL
[...] (U) Introduction: This is the fourth and last of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 4 provides information on some of the coal-related developments in other African countries. Reftel A provides a summary for all four sections [...]
2006-09-08 16:54:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ECON SF
06KATHMANDU3064NEW OHCHR HEAD NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PEACE
[...] (C) On November 17, Lena Sundh, the new Swedish head of the Nepal Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),told the Ambassador that impunity remained a big problem on both sides of the conflict in Nepal -- for both the security forces and the Maoists. Sundh stated that she wa [...]
2006-11-20 10:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER MARR PINR NP
06KHARTOUM2371SUDAN HAS MUTED REACTION TO POPE'S REMARKS, SAYS
[...] (C) Sudan's reaction to Pope Benedict XVI's controversial remarks on Islam has been muted, Papal Nuncio to Sudan--and the Vatican's new Secretary for Relations with States--Dominique Mamberti told CDA Hume on September 26. Mamberti had returned from Rome on September 16, and promptly called on [...]
2006-09-26 16:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL PHUM KIRF PREL SU VT
06KHARTOUM255IRANIAN VP VISITS SUDAN, BASHIR PLEDGES SUPPORT
[...] (U) Iranian Vice President Dr. Ahmad al-Musawi visited Sudan on January 25 and 26 to discuss bilateral relations. He delivered a letter from President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to President Omar al-Bashir. In a press conference, Musawi said the letter outlined Iranian policy aimed at strengthening [...]
2006-02-02 11:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR PGOV IR SU
06KHARTOUM571DARFUR: SUDAN CONTINUES ALL-FRONTS CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) Sudan continues its campaign against U.N. intervention in Darfur, with President Omar al-Bashir telling military academy graduates that the government was opposed to "foreign" troops in the region, but favored keeping the current African Union force. Foreign Ministry officials, however, [...]
2006-03-06 14:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM719AN RX FOR AMIS
[...] (C) Improving African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) performance in the transition period with the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) will require physical support from the donor community and structural evolution at AMIS. There are dozens of options for the international community and for AMIS, [...]
2006-03-22 10:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM796 Pres. Bashir Interview with Al-Jazira at Arab
[...] Summary: In a March 29 interview with Al-Jazira, President Bashir said: many southern forces had supported the government during the North-South civil war; Khartoum was both a northern state and the national capital subject to shari'ah law; the Arab League had pledged to support AMIS financ [...]
2006-03-30 13:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KHARTOUM798 Local Press, AU Special Rep React to Arab
[...] Summary: Khartoum media coverage of the Arab League Summit was favorable, with extensive coverage on television, radio, and newspapers, both in English and Arabic. AU Special Representative Kingibe criticized Arab League offers of financial support for AMIS, referring to it as "medicine aft [...]
2006-03-30 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KINSHASA350CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: FEBRUARY EDITION,
[...] (C) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso continued his shuttle diplomacy in February with visits to Tripoli, Libreville, Kinshasa and Paris to solidify his well-publicized image as the man of "peace and reconciliation" following election as Chairman of the African Union in late January. In turn, h [...]
2006-03-02 12:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON EAID AMGT ASEC CF
06KINSHASA393DRC: THE WORLD IS WATCHING
[...] (SBU) The extraordinary visit of three United Nations (UN) agency heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the week of February 28 underscored the urgent need for support for the nation as it prepares for its first democratic elections in 40 years, and for the post-transition government [...]
2006-03-08 16:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID KPKO CG
06KINSHASA932CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: JUNE EDITION,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ROC President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is expected to return to Brazzaville on June 13 following widely-publicized visits to New York for his June 2 address to the United Nations on HIV/AIDs, June 5 meeting in Washington with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and a brief visit with [...]
2006-06-13 14:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU PINR UNSC ASEC CF
06KIRKUK68(C) PROVINCIAL LEADERSHIP LOSING SUPPORT, LOSING INTEREST
[...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The citizens of Salah Ad Din province by and large support neither the Provincial Council Chairman nor the Governor. Instead, they are calling for a strong leader who will find jobs, improve the security situation, reduce corruption, and imp [...]
2006-03-23 12:14:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
06KUWAIT1195PROMINENT KUWAITI INVESTMENT FIRM ESTABLISHES
[...] (U) Global Investment House (GIH),a leading Kuwaiti and GCC investment company announced on April 3 the establishment of a "Palestine Fund" for institutions and individuals seeking to invest in the emerging Palestinian Territories (PT) market. 2. (U) Quoted in the Arab Times (local Englis [...]
2006-04-05 13:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN WE GZ KU
06KUWAIT1986 FREEDOM AGENDA: MEPI, BMENA, AND EXCHANGES BASIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy has pursued a consistent, comprehensive plan in support of women's empowerment and full political participation in Kuwait. That support has involved more than 350 Kuwaiti women in professional development and exchange programs, public diplomacy activities, regional [...]
2006-05-30 16:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO KMPI PHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2952COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ DISCUSSES TIFA, IRAQ,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 18, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez met with new Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry Al-Hajeri to discuss bi-lateral trade issues and to congratulate Al-Hajeri on his appointment as Minister. The meeting focused on moving forward the stalled Trade and Investment Framew [...]
2006-07-23 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBEXP EINV KIPR OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT374PROMINENT GCC INVESTMENT BANK CURTAILING
[...] (SBU) During a February 1 meeting, representatives from Global Investment House (GIH),one of the GCC's largest and most successful investment banks, informed Econoff that new GIH investments in the Palestinian territories were on-hold pending a reevaluation of the company's investments in the [...]
2006-02-04 17:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECON WE GZ KU XF
06KUWAIT3939FREEDOM AGENDA: WOMEN ACTIVISTS CALL FOR "ONE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A group of prominent Kuwaiti women political activists, academics, and former candidates for Parliament have launched a public campaign to establish a quota for the number of parliamentary seats to be held by women. They have lobbied the Amir, the Prime Minister, and First D [...]
2006-10-02 14:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4584MFA U/S ON IRAN, BOEING, GCC SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND
[...] (C) Summary: According to Kuwaiti MFA U/S Jarallah, the French were "talking tough" on Iran during the Amir's recent visit to Paris. He said French interlocutors anticipate near-term U.S. policy adjustments on Iraq. On Lebanon, the French FM called for pressure on Syria and support for the [...]
2006-12-06 14:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR IZ IR DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT4682PARLIAMENT VOTES 39-20 AGAINST WRITING OFF PRIVATE
[...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti Parliament voted December 19 against a controversial proposal to write off citizens' private loans at an estimated cost to the government of $27 billion. The proposal was strongly supported by tribal parliamentarians, dividing the three opposition bloc [...]
2006-12-20 06:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EAID ECON KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06LIBREVILLE192GABON AND SAO TOME MISCELLANY 16-22 MARCH
[...] (C) GOG Boosts Fuel Prices. Gabon announced an increase in retail fuel prices of 5.5 percent May 15, satisfying demands from fuel distributors but angering taxi drivers. Distributors were concerned their margins were being squeezed because of price caps at the pump; taxi drivers for their [...]
2006-03-24 13:36:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV GB TP
06LILONGWE643FORMER PREZ ARRESTED AND RELEASED, AS
[...] (C) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi was arrested, then quickly released in Blantyre on July 27, on forty-two counts of corruption. Only eight hours later it was announced on the government-run television station that Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Gustave Kaliwo, who had placed [...]
2006-07-28 11:36:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LIMA2439AMBASSADOR PROMOTES FTA IN TRUJILLO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his June 12 trip to Trujillo, a city along the northern coast, the Ambassador met with local dignitaries and agricultural producers to discuss the U.S.- Peru free trade agreement and economic development. The Ambassador, accompanied by press, toured a Peruvian agricult [...]
2006-06-19 18:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE
06LISBON1262PORTUGAL SEIZES NARCOTICS AT RECORD LEVELS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Until 2006, Portugal maintained a modest drug interdiction program with relatively small operations compared to other consumer nations. This year, however, Portugal has already seized roughly 28 metric tons of cocaine, quickly surpassing its 2005 totals after only a few months [...]
2006-06-26 15:27:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PT
06MADRID1075LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM SPANISH FM MORATINOS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 16:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL SP
06MADRID1262MUSLIMS IN SPAIN: FINDING A WAY FORWARD
[...] (U) Summary. Spain's diverse and rapidly growing Muslim community is new to the country and does not yet identify itself as Spanish. The community's national representation has recently been experienced significant upheaval, prompting many to question the structure of a Muslim religious leader [...]
2006-05-19 14:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL SP
06MADRID1564SPAIN ON IRAN, SYRIA, HAMAS, NATO, WESTERN SAHARA,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings at MFA, MOD, and the presidency on June 1, top GOS policymakers told EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and NEA DAS Scott Carpenter that Spain strongly supports the recent US announcement on Iran and will continue its significant commitment to Afghanistan. They said that th [...]
2006-06-16 13:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO SP AF VZ IR IZ WI IS MO GG RS
06MADRID1722SPAIN/IRAQ: TRANSIT OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary. Beginning in early 2005, Spanish authorities discovered the existence of a significant Spain-based network to recruit, indoctrinate, and send Islamist radicals to Iraq to fight against coalition forces. Press reports indicate that as many as 80 individuals have been recruited in o [...]
2006-07-06 10:34:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PREL IZ SP
06MADRID1835EDUCATION SECRETARY SPELLINGS MEETS WITH KEY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During her June 29-July 2 visit to Madrid, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings met with Vice President de la Vega, Foreign Minister Moratinos, Education Minister Cabrera, and Madrid Community President Esperanza Aguirre. Vice President de la Vega emphasized the need for co [...]
2006-07-20 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SP
06MADRID1966PLAN AFRICA: SPAIN INTRODUCES SELF TO NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 26, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega officially rolled out Plan Africa, an ambitious project developed by the Zapatero government to address what it perceives to be a glaring hole in Spanish foreign policy. Prompted both by fears of international terrorism and by more [...]
2006-08-03 15:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SMIG SOCI SP XY
06MADRID2152SPAIN WANTS TO LEAD BRIGADE IN LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-29 13:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP LE
06MADRID2322SPAIN: PRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA BUT KEEP MINURSO FOR
[...] (S) Spanish MFA DG for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo welcomed enthusiastically new US engagement on Western Sahara and efforts to break the stalemate by pressing Morocco for a credible autonomy plan and talks with the Polisario, along with urging Algerian support and flexibility (reftel). [...]
2006-09-15 15:00:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL PGOV MO WI AG FR SP
06MADRID2359SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH ALVARO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In your September 22 meeting with Spanish MFA Director General for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo (Asst. Sec'y equivalent),he will highlight the fact that Spain is poised to expand its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ongoing migration crisis in the Canary Islands has cre [...]
2006-09-19 15:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG EAID AF SP
06MADRID2543SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR INL PDAS SCHWEICH'S OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) Your visit will dovetail nicely with the visit in mid September of DEA Administrator Tandy and will provide an important opportunity to educate the Spaniards on the Department's key role in the counter-narcotics effort. In her meetings with members of the Spanish Ministry of Interior, C [...]
2006-10-06 16:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR SP
06MADRID2736SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Millenium Challenge Corporation representatives; Michael Grossman, Senior Country Director, Francophone Africa and David Picha, Agricultural Consultant to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 25 to October 29, 2006. The purpose of this vis [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AFIN OTRA ECON SP KMCA
06MADRID2776SPAIN PUSHING FOR MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials confirmed reports in the Spanish media that Spain is promoting the idea of a new Middle East peace conference, with the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as its center-piece. Press reports hinted that this Spanish project enjoyed the support of the USG a [...]
2006-10-31 08:01:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID2809SPANISH SEEK INCLUSION IN WESTERN SAHARA STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One month after the UNGA meeting between Assistant Secretary Welch and MFA DG for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo, Iranzo paid a call on the Ambassador October 26, saying he had sought the meeting at FM Moratinos' request, to reiterate that Spain wishes to play a role in U.S. strategi [...]
2006-11-02 16:23:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID287SPAIN: CODEL KING DISCUSSES BILATERAL
[...] Summary. A Congressional delegation headed by Representative Peter King (R-NY) met with Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon, Deputy Minister of Interior Antonio Camacho, and opposition Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy to discuss U.S.-Spai [...]
2006-02-03 07:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SP
06MADRID2996WESTERN SAHARA: SPAIN WARY OF UNILATERAL MOROCCAN
[...] (C) Poloff discussed Western Sahara with Spanish Subdirector General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo and Assistant Subdirector General Javier Garcia-Larrache on December 1. Poloff thanked Spain for their white paper on Western Sahara and emphasized that the U.S. wished to put the onus o [...]
2006-12-05 08:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC WI SP
06MADRID38SPAIN ARRESTS 20 ISLAMIST TERRORIST SUSPECTS
[...] (U) Spain arrested 20 people on January 10 on charges of recruiting and training potential terrorists to be sent to Iraq to carry out attacks against coalition forces. The individuals arrested in Barcelona are suspected of being members of a cell that recruited and trained terrorists who carr [...]
2006-01-10 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID41Investment Climate Statement, Spain
[...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish [...]
2006-01-10 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN KTDB SP USTR OPIC
06MADRID516SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Madrid,s input for the Sixth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Tim Dougherty, tel. (34) 91 587-2294. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report includes the following: Political Counselor - FE-OC: 3 hours Deputy [...]
2006-03-01 18:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SP KWMN SMIG ASEC
06MADRID568FM MORATINOS ON SYRIA, VENEZUELA, MAGHREB
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on March 2 for discussion of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat, developments in Iran and Syria, Spain's reported plans to sell arms to Libya, and Spain's desire for deeper USG engagement in North Africa. Moratinos indi [...]
2006-03-07 17:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID611MADRID TRAIN BOMBING INVESTIGATION NEARING
[...] Examining Judge Juan del Olmo is nearing the close of his 23-month investigation of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings, as the second anniversary of the attacks approaches. He recently issued orders to extend the pre-trial detention of nine key suspects being held in connection with the [...]
2006-03-10 16:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV SP
06MADRID74 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES REFERS TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE, IN A RECENT ANTI- TERR [...]
2006-01-12 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP ET AL FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ
06MADRID916SPANISH JUDGE INDICTS 29 FOR MARCH 11 ATTACKS
[...] (U) On April 11, National Court Judge Juan del Olmo released a 1460-page indictment of 29 people for their involvement in the March 11,2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people. Press reports say that after two years of investigation, the judge found that the local terrorist cell cons [...]
2006-04-12 15:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV SP
06MANAMA1157MINISTER OF JUSTICE DISCUSSES IRAN, POLITICAL
[...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador June 26, Minister of Justice Mohamed Al Sitri talked of his recent official visit to Iran under the auspices of a bilateral agreement on judicial and legal affairs. His meeting with President Ahmedinejad focused on legal issues such as Iranian fishermen jailed [...]
2006-06-28 09:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1221BAHRAIN'S STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE
[...] (U) Like its GCC neighbors, Bahrain's stock market has declined amid the regional market's plummet, but has withstood the ordeal better than most. The Bahrain Stock Exchange (BSE) did not have as far to fall, having seen little of the surge in equity share prices evidenced elsewhere in the re [...]
2006-07-08 07:19:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON BA ECTRD REGION
06MANAMA1827SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY HUGHES' OCTOBER
[...] (C) We warmly welcome your October 31-November 1 visit to Bahrain. Your trip comes at an important moment in promotion of the freedom agenda in Bahrain, with parliamentary and municipal elections to be held November 25 and December 2. Of the 221 candidates standing for election to parliament, [...]
2006-10-22 15:24:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL PGOV OEXC KMPI BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1849KING HAMAD SUPPORTS GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (S) King Hamad October 18 told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation that he wants to work with the U.S. on creating a new comprehensive defense strategy for the region in light of recent developments. He commended the U.S.'s bilateral approach to each of the GCC states and [...]
2006-11-01 07:51:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA314COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETINGS WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa welcomed Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez February 27, voicing SIPDIS appreciation for his visit and the Secretary's support for the U.S.-Bahrain FTA. The PM stressed the importance of stability in the region for development and urged the U [...]
2006-03-01 14:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL PGOV BEXP BA REGION OFFICIALS ECTRD BILAT
06MANAMA568BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-08 12:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
06MANAMA836NDI PROGRAM DIRECTOR SET TO DEPART BAHRAIN
[...] (C) NDI Program Director for Bahrain Fawzi Guleid is to depart Bahrain May 12 after negotiations on an MOU regularizing NDI's status in Bahrain reached an impasse and the government advised that Guleid's residency permit had expired. Guleid hopes to continue supporting programs for Bahrain fr [...]
2006-05-11 11:38:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMPI BA BILAT REFORM POL
06MANAMA907BAHRAINI POLITICAL SCENE PART II: ROYAL FAMILY
[...] (C) At a time when the Bahrain's King and ruling family should be congratulating themselves for having successfully maneuvered major opposition society Al Wifaq into deciding to end its boycott and participate in this year's parliamentary elections, recent developments suggest that at least so [...]
2006-05-24 11:23:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KMPI BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA937SUPREME COUNCIL FOR DEFENSE SECGEN REQUESTS U.S.
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on the Secretary General for the recently-formed Supreme Council for Defense, Shaikh Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, on May 28. Shaikh Ahmed said King Hamad meets daily with the Council, which is composed of the King, Crown Prince, Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs [...]
2006-05-30 06:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM KMPI BA REGION OFFICIALS POL
06MONTEVIDEO1097HOW MERCOSUR HAS CHANGED
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: This telegram contains a healthy dose of subjective analysis designed to stimulate constructive debate on an issue of regional importance. The Embassy is keenly interested in Mercosur, not only because its headquarters are located here, but also because we have [...]
2006-11-16 13:31:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL AORC SOCI UY
06MONTREAL676MONTREAL REACTIONS TO THE TORONTO ARRESTS
[...] (C) Montreal has a diverse population, receiving 88% of the province's immigrants. According to the 2004-05 report from the Quebec Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities, 27.6% of the Island of Montreal's residents are foreign-born. The greater-Montreal area has an estimated Musl [...]
2006-06-16 18:56:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV CPAS CVIS CA
06MOSCOW12402RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: BILATERAL RELATIONS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 8 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak expressed concern over the potential impact of US congressional elections on WTO and bilateral nuclear cooperation. He argued again that US sanctions against Sukhoi were symbolic of the failings in bilateral relations -- [...]
2006-11-09 15:58:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KNDP ECON ETRD RS
06MOSCOW6130FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING, MOSCOW, MAY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at the second Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future planning meeting agreed that the 2006 Forum will take place at the Dead Sea on December 3, preceded by a senior officials meeting and working dinner for ministers on December 2. Jordan [...]
2006-06-07 12:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMPI RS
06MUSCAT150JUSTICE MINISTER WELCOMES ABA LEGAL TRAINING
[...] In a January 30 meeting with a visiting delegation from the American Bar Association (ABA),the Minister of Justice provided enthusiastic feedback re a proposed MEPI-funded training program. He recounted the Ministry's plans to develop a judicial training institute, and solicited Embassy and [...]
2006-02-06 12:02:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KMPI KJUS OEXC SCUL MU
06MUSCAT1707NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) NEA A/S Welch met December 12 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in Muscat. Bin Alawi personally drove A/S Welch and the Ambassador to a meeting with Sultan Qaboos (septel),and then hosted a working lunch for them with participation from Foreign Ministry [...]
2006-12-20 07:21:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KPAL IR IZ SY MU
06MUSCAT531OMAN COMMITS TO SIGNIFICANT LABOR REFORMS
[...] (U) On March 26, Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbul bin Ali Sultan transmitted the following letter to Congressman Bill Thomas, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Shared with the Embassy by a Min Commerce official, the letter is in response to questions raised about Oman's [...]
2006-04-04 14:25:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDMU NOTAG
06NAIROBI1951CHINA'S PRESIDENT HU VISITS KENYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese President Hu Jintao's late April visit to Nairobi further strengthens the bilateral economic relationship between the two countries through several economic, technical, and financial assistance agreements. While the balance of the economic relationship is heavily tipped i [...]
2006-05-05 05:23:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALEAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL
06NDJAMENA704CHAD'S GRAND IMAM WELCOMES
[...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Chad's Grand Imam, Sheikh Hassan Hissein Abakar, the spiritual leader of Chadian Muslims. The Grand Imam was seriously injured last week in a dispute outside his office, and the visit provided an opportunity to wish him a speedy recovery. [...]
2006-05-18 12:26:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PREL PHUM CD
06NEWDELHI5470INDIAN MUSLIM RESENTMENT SMOLDERING OVER LEBANON AND GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon and Gaza have attracted considerable attention in India, but are of particular concern to the country's 130 million Muslims. The Urdu press has treated Lebanon/Gaza events in great detail. Editorial opinion --some planted by Iranian agents-- is uniformly anti-Isra [...]
2006-08-04 09:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KISL SCUL EINV IN
06NIAMEY864GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) CANCELS MILITARY
[...] (S/NF). Summary. Without any prior warning or earlier indications of concern from GON military or civilian officials, GON President Mamadou Tandja cancelled a planned August 15-30, 2006, military exercise on the eve preceding the anticipated arrival of a JCET. To obtain clarity on the reaso [...]
2006-08-16 17:32:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL NG
06NOUAKCHOTT1431MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2006
[...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 19, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Ould Al-Hassan, Bouh Nationality: Moroccan (Western Saharan) Location: Mali Ref: TDX-315/64300-06 Name: Sall, Mohamed Beshir Nationality [...]
2006-12-22 12:40:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT330COMPROMISE NEAR ON WOODSIDE OIL DISPUTE?
[...] (C) Both publicly and privately, the Embassy is seeing signs that the two sides are moving toward resolution of the dispute that has marred the otherwise positive development of first oil and first cargo from Mauritania. However, what is more telling is what we are not seeing, in that the gove [...]
2006-03-23 18:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALBBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR
06NOUAKCHOTT336SPAIN TEAMS WITH MAURITANIA TO STOP MIGRANT FLOW
[...] (C) The flow of sub-Saharan migrants from Mauritania's northern port city of Nouadhibou to the Canary Islands has developed into a crisis for the Spanish Government. According to the Spanish Consul Alvaro Diaz Duque, their response to the crisis has taken two paths, "first we are working with [...]
2006-03-24 12:23:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT440MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2006
[...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 12, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed ETOURAH Alias: Mohamed al-Turath, Tourath Citizenship: Mauritanian Residence: Bassiknou, Mauritania Profession: Trader REF: TD-314/25 [...]
2006-04-13 13:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT457MILITARY COUNCIL RESHUFFLES DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (U) In late March the Military Council for Justice and Democracy replaced several of Mauritania's Ambassadors and Consuls to key African and Middle East countries. The shuffle, which had been expected since the August 3 coup d'etat, surprised many observers in that it drew largely from the fo [...]
2006-04-19 16:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT568SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN MAURITANIA, MAY
[...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc of Parties for Change," that has committe [...]
2006-05-15 15:35:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT764SEVERAL ARRESTED FOR COUP PLOTTING
[...] (C) The Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) last night arrested several high-ranking military officers. The motivation for the arrests is unclear at this time, but is believed to be related either to a coup attempt, coup plotting, or to an effort to disrupt the coming June 25 Nat [...]
2006-06-20 11:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT979SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN
[...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc for Change," that has committed to presen [...]
2006-08-08 08:30:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06OSLO400AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NORWEGIAN CENTRAL BANK:
[...] (SBU) On March 28, Ambassador Whitney and Pol/Econ Officers visited the Norwegian Central Bank (Norges Bank),meeting with Central Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem, Deputy Governor Jarle Bergo and Knut Kjaer, Executive Director of the Pension Fund (formerly the Petroleum Fund). Discussions center [...]
2006-03-31 12:41:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EFIN NO
06PARIS1304PARIS CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Chirac can call his "Conference on Innovative Financing for Development" a success, at least by the standards the GOF had very likely set at the outset: during the Conference, eleven countries announced their intention to follow the French example and institute a tax [...]
2006-03-02 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS1370NEA/MAG DIRECTOR JORDAN REVIEWS MAGHREB ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: NEA/MAG Director William Jordan's February 27 meetings with MFA counterparts addressed the Western Sahara conflict, Moroccan-Algerian relations, human rights issues in Tunisia, and Libya. On Western Sahara, MFA officials agreed with Jordan on the need for Morocco to be more forw [...]
2006-03-03 19:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AG MO TU WS FR
06PARIS1588MARCH 4-6 CHIRAC VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA: FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Syria/Lebanon were the primary topics of President Chirac's March 4 and 5 meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, with Iran, Hamas/PA, and Iraq discussed to a lesser degree. Elysee contacts described the Saudi monarch as bitter over rejection of the Saudi initiative on Syria-Lebanon [...]
2006-03-13 14:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SA LE SY IR IZ ECON FR
06PARIS1924CHIRAC'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON, IRAN
[...] (C) Amb Stapleton took the occasion of a meeting March 23 with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) on another subject (septel),to discuss Middle East issues, focusing on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq. Concerning Syria/Lebanon, MGM said the GOF continues t [...]
2006-03-24 18:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR SY LE SP UNSC
06PARIS2137IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATION OF
[...] (SBU) In the wake of the UN Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) reports into Oil-for-Food Program (OFF) corruption, the GoF has launched investigations of a number of French nationals named in the IIC reports, though so far none have been charged with a crime. The GoF investigation is being l [...]
2006-03-31 17:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2314FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER DESCRIBES BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR
[...] (C) Summary: National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) president Mohammed Bechari provided a frank assessment of the current state of French Muslim communities and institutions to Poloffs March 31. Bechari described disaffected, suburban Muslim youth in the throes of an identity crisis, an [...]
2006-04-07 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER PINR SOCI MO FR
06PARIS2422 FRENCH RESPOND WARMLY TO MCC CEO DANILOVICH'S
[...] Summary. Senior French officials enthusiastically welcomed updates on Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) activities presented by MCC CEO Danilovich. They applauded MCC's focus on accountability, support for democratic institutions, and reducing poverty. The French officials urged Danilo [...]
2006-04-12 14:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV FR
06PARIS2774 UNESCO: 174th EXECUTIVE BOARD HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FOR
[...] Summary: The 174th Executive Board highlighted two major challenges that UNESCO faces in the Natural Sciences Sector. Firstly, the Secretariat needs to define a strategy for UNESCO's category two centers. Secondly, the Secretariat must respond to the demand from member states for cross-secto [...]
2006-04-27 11:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI
06PARIS2796USUNESCO: MEDIA FREEDOM - DANISH CARTOONS
[...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY: Executive Board Agenda Item 46, Title, was renegotiated by a working group during the Executive Board to address concerns about respect for culture and religion raised by the Danish cartoons of Mohammed published in [...]
2006-04-27 16:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS332FRANCE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2006-01-18 17:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
06PARIS3783(C) MUSLIM LEADERS IN LYON STRESS UNITY AT
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the regional Muslim Council (CRCM) in Rhone-Alpes stressed a message of unity and moderation during a joint meeting with poloff in Lyon May 31. The CRCM leaders, who represent three rival factions within the national French Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM),stresse [...]
2006-06-06 12:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PINR SOCI MO AG TU FR
06PARIS4279FY-2006 Voluntary Visitor Program: Pia IMBS (BOYLE).
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS4386DEPARTING MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT JEAN-FRANCOIS
[...] (U) Post offers the following biographic report on Jean-Francois Thibault, newly named French Ambassador to Rabat, who leaves his current position as MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East on June 27, 2006 and is expected to arrive in Rabat shortly thereafter. His MFA successor has n [...]
2006-06-26 13:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPINR XF MO FR
06PARIS4390 UNESCO LITERACY PRIZES - BACKGROUND ON PRICES AND
[...] (U) The 2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize Winners were announced yesterday, 21 June 2006. The winners are: Cuba, Morocco, Pakistan, Rajastan (India),and Turkey. The prizes are expected to be presented on 8 September 2006, International Literacy Day. 2. (U) The UNESCO International Reading Asso [...]
2006-06-26 14:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4415MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Situation in Occupied Territories
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 10:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4441U/S JOSPEH, U/S LEVEY JUNE 20 MEET WITH FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 20 meeting between U/S Joseph and Treasury U/S Levey and French Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, a range of proliferation-related topics were covered, including the US-French-UK-German-Italian meeting later that day aimed at preliminary consultations regarding [...]
2006-06-27 15:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR KN IN FR
06PARIS466ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR ON FRANCO-ALGERIAN TREATY,
[...] (C) During a January 19 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Algerian Ambassador to France Missoum Sbih confirmed that the long-sought Franco-Algerian friendship treaty remains stalled over differences over historical issues, namely how to address French colonization of Algeria. Original [...]
2006-01-24 17:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG MO FR
06PARIS5276 U.S. DELEGATION REPORT: 30TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE
[...] Summary: The World Heritage Committee, the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held its 30th Session in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8-16, 2006. The Committee added eighteen cultural and natural sites to the prestigious World Heritage List and also decided to rem [...]
2006-08-03 16:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO LH
06PARIS5768 (U) UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE II
[...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) Summary. Though the resolution tabled by Lebanon and Morocco on Lebanese reconstruction to be discussed at the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) (Sept. 26 - Oct. 12) remains just a place-holder and has yet to be [...]
2006-08-29 09:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO SCUL UNSC AL
06PARIS5815MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 10:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5885MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq, Elections and 9/11
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS602 UNESCO: MORE ON COMPETITION FOR ADG CULTURE
[...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) The competition for the position of ADG Culture is getting more intense. Rumors stating that Francoise Riviere has been or soon will be chosen continue to gain strength, thereby causing increased concern by t [...]
2006-01-30 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD SCUL CA FR UNESCO
06PARIS6073DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMING FRANCE OF OUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 14:37:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL AG FR MO PGOV WI
06PARIS6118 (U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE IV
[...] (C) Summary: The Israeli ambassador met again with Ambassador Oliver on September 12 to exchange information about resolutions for the upcoming Executive Board on Lebanon, Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. The Israeli indicated that any anti-Israeli language in the Lebanon resolution co [...]
2006-09-12 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO SCUL AL IS
06PARIS6442FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER: YES TO FRANCE, BUT NO TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A week after he was replaced on September 17 as a vice president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM),the body created with the support of Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy in 2003 as a vehicle to represent French Muslims, National Federation of Muslims in [...]
2006-09-26 16:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL PTER PGOV KISL FR
06PARIS6995YOUNG FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER HIGHLIGHTS GENERATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ahmed Gouffi, a young French-born Muslim civic leader, criticized the leaders of France's main Muslim organizations as out of touch with young Muslims born in France. His comments echo those of other young French Muslim contacts, and highlight a generational divide between Frenc [...]
2006-10-24 14:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKISL INR PTER SCUL FR
06PARIS7102DAS BRYZA AND MOI DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DISCUSS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Minister of Interior Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor, David Martinon, expressed interest in U.S. thinking on Muslim integration in Europe and highlighted the various ways in which the GOF has approached the problem in recent years. Sa [...]
2006-10-30 09:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER FR TU PINS XT
06PARIS7108MFA SEES LITTLE CHANCE OF TALKS BETWEEN POLISARIO
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb, Christian Testo, assessed there was little likelihood either Morocco or Algeria would agree to direct Moroccan-Polisario talks in the near future. In Testo's analysis, both Algeria and Tunisia were obsessed with their respective presidential [...]
2006-10-30 11:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG FR MO PGOV
06PARIS720EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS728MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and Democracy -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 12:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS7339UNESCO - Literacy Prizes
[...] Summary. On Friday, November 3, 2006, UNESCO awarded the 2006 Literacy prizes to literacy programs in Pakistan, Turkey, Cuba, India, and Morocco. A program in China received an Honorable Mention. Pakistan received the International Reading Association Literacy Prize. IRA is a U.S. associatio [...]
2006-11-09 16:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL
06PARIS7446UNESCO-MEETING ON PROMOTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN
[...] Summary. A two-day workshop, "Re-engineering Development: Engendering ICT" was held November 13-14 at UNESCO. Though sponsored by UNESCO, the event was organized by the Centers for Women and Information Technology; Women in Global Science and Technology; and the European Association of Women [...]
2006-11-20 07:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCI TNGD PHUM
06PARIS7455 UNESCO: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE
[...] Summary: The November 7 meeting of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee focused on the agenda for the Committee's June 23-July 2, 2007 meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Bureau heard progress reports from the WH Secretariat on a policy paper on the effects of climate change on Wor [...]
2006-11-20 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SCUL MEPP UNESCO
06PARIS754CONTROVERSY OVER MUHAMMAD CARICATURES CONTINUES IN
[...] (C) Summary: France has joined Denmark, but to a lesser degree, as a target of ire in Muslim countries following a French daily's February 1 publication of Danish-origin Muhammad caricatures (ref A),which have since appeared in other French media. Palestinian militants threw a grenade at the [...]
2006-02-06 13:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL XF FR
06PARIS7579GOF C/T COORDINATOR,S OVERVIEW OF TERRORISM THREAT
[...] (S) Summary: Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's counter-terrorism coordinating chief, told us on November 20 that GOF authorities remain extremely concerned about the threat of terrorism on French soil and are actively taking measures to combat current and future threats. Radical Islami [...]
2006-11-29 11:08:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS7580COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PARIS RSI PARTICIPANTS
[...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for visiting USG officials participating in the Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative Chiefs of Mission Conference to travel to Paris, France from December 4 to December 8, 2006. The RSI conference will bring together [...]
2006-11-29 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FR
06PARIS7756AMBASSADOR GODEC'S DECEMBER 7 MEETINGS IN PARIS
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Robert Godec held bilateral meetings on December 7 with Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa, and Jean-Pierre Filiu, Associate Professor at Sciences Po and former French DCM in Tunis. Testo and Filiu each described their Tunisian interlo [...]
2006-12-12 13:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR KDEM PGOV PREL TS
06PARIS7788LILLE INSTITUTE CONCEIVED TO PROMULGATE MODERATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: APP Lille Consul and Embassy Poloff called November 29 on Mohamed Bechari, Chairman of the recently inaugurated Institut Avicenne des Sciences Humaines (IASH),a multi-disciplinary private educational establishment devoted to the study of Islamic theology, history and the Arab [...]
2006-12-14 10:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR PGOV PHUM SCUL
06PARIS7806USUNESCO: 13th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS
[...] Summary: The 13th session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) examined the preliminary reports of its working groups on social responsibility and health and on consent. During the debate on social responsibility and health, IBC members reiterated their independence from UNESCO itsel [...]
2006-12-15 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO TBIO US KSCI FR
06PARIS7884FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] In 2006, France continued to pursue aggressive counterterrorism measures, including the dismantling of terror networks on its territory, notably those assisting in the recruitment or financing of terrorists to Iraq. French terrorism officials remained on high alert since the London subway bom [...]
2006-12-21 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR KPAO
06PARIS7918FRENCH DOUBT GOA/POLISARIO WILL AGREE TO A REFUGEE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb on December 28. Testo agreed that resolving the number of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria is "a critical question," but doubted that the Polisario would agree to a census outside the context of a final res [...]
2006-12-28 09:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM AG FR PREF PREL
06PARIS99 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] This is part 1 of the INCSR submission for France. A section on the French Caribbean and French Guiana follows at the end of this message. I. SUMMARY: France is a transshipment point for drugs moving into, from and within Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduit [...]
2006-01-06 14:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR FR
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