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“We Invested 20 Millions Dollars in Tajikistan Last Year to Combat
Milestones February, 2009 Regional Office for Central Asia © Stefano Zardini “WE INVESTED 20 MILLIONS DOLLARS IN TAJIKISTAN LAST YEAR TO COMBAT As Ambassador of the USA to Tajiki- guard conscripts earn a few dollars a DRUGS” stan, you must have to deal with a whole month and in such circumstances the host of issues. Of these, how important temptation of a bribe is hard to resist. would you rate the issue of drug traffick- This must be addressed by increased ing and drug abuse in the country? resources from the budget of Tajikistan. - The US takes the drug trafficking and What is the overall U.S. drug control drug abuse problem in Tajikistan very strategy in Tajikistan as well as the larger seriously. We spent $20 million in region? 2008 to combat drugs by providing infrastructure, equipment, and train- - In Tajikistan we have a two-part ap- ing to improve law enforcement, proach. We work to develop the law strengthen the border, and support the enforcement, military, and security ser- Drug Control Agency. We work in vices to secure borders and interdict close partnership with UNODC as well traffickers throughout the country. We as the EU, OSCE, and other donors on work to enhance rule of law to break these issues. Notwithstanding our ef- the cycle of corruption which under- forts, however, narcotics consumption mines public confidence in the agencies is rising. Official figures for 2008 are responsible for public order. At the Tracey Ann Jacobson 8,660 thousand addicts including 422 same time we build professional liai- women, 79.4% of these are addicted to sons between U.S. -
Key Officers List
United States Department of State Telephone Directory This customized report includes the following section(s): Key Officers List (UNCLASSIFIED) 5/24/2017 Provided by Global Information Services, A/GIS Cover UNCLASSIFIED Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts Afghanistan GSO Jay Thompson RSO Jan Hiemstra AID Catherine Johnson KABUL (E) Great Massoud Road, (VoIP, US-based) 301-490-1042, Fax No working Fax, INMARSAT Tel 011-873-761-837-725, CLO Kimberly Augsburger Workweek: Saturday - Thursday 0800-1630, Website: ECON Jeffrey Bowan kabul.usembassy.gov EEO Daniel Koski FMO David Hilburg Officer Name IMO Meredith Hiemstra DCM OMS vacant IPO Terrence Andrews AMB OMS Alma Pratt ISO Darrin Erwin Co-CLO Hope Williams ISSO Darrin Erwin DCM/CHG Dennis W. Hearne FM Paul Schaefer HRO Dawn Scott Algeria INL John McNamara MGT Robert Needham ALGIERS (E) 5, Chemin Cheikh Bachir Ibrahimi, +213 (770) 08- MLO/ODC COL John Beattie 2000, Fax +213 (21) 60-7335, Workweek: Sun - Thurs 08:00-17:00, POL/MIL John C. Taylor Website: http://algiers.usembassy.gov SDO/DATT COL Christian Griggs Officer Name TREAS Tazeem Pasha DCM OMS Susan Hinton US REP OMS Jennifer Clemente AMB OMS Carolyn Murphy AMB P. Michael McKinley Co-CLO Julie Baldwin CG Jeffrey Lodinsky FCS Nathan Seifert DCM vacant FM James Alden PAO Terry Davidson HRO Carole Manley GSO William McClure ICITAP Darrel Hart RSO Carlos Matus MGT Kim D'Auria-Vazira AFSA Pending MLO/ODC MAJ Steve Alverson AID Herbie Smith OPDAT Robert Huie CLO Anita Kainth POL/ECON Junaid Jay Munir DEA Craig M. Wiles POL/MIL Eric Plues ECON Dan Froats POSHO James Alden FMO James Martin SDO/DATT COL William Rowell IMO John (Troy) Conway AMB Joan Polaschik IPO Chris Gilbertson CON Stuart Denyer ISO Wally Wallooppillai DCM Lawrence Randolph POL Kimberly Krhounek PAO Ana Escrogima GSO Dwayne McDavid Albania RSO Michael Vannett AGR Charles Rush TIRANA (E) 103 Rruga Elbasanit, 355-4-224-7285, Fax (355) (4) 223 CLO Vacant -2222, Workweek: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30 pm, Website: EEO Jake Nelson http://tirana.usembassy.gov/ FMO Rumman Dastgir IMO Mark R. -
Ministerial Report English
AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone 517 700 Cables: OAU, ADDIS ABABA AU CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF TRADE 7th ORDINARY SESSION 29 NOVEMBER – 03DECEMBER, 2011 ACCRA, GHANA AU/MIN/TD//Rpt(VII) Original: English REPORT OF THE MEETING OF MINISTERS AU/MIN/TD//Rpt. (VI) Page 1 REPORT OF THE MEETING OF MINISTERS INTRODUCTION 1. The Seventh Ordinary Session of the AU Conference of Ministers of Trade was convened at Ministerial level on 2 nd and 3 rd December 2011, at the Ghana International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana. The meeting was declared open by H.E. Mrs. Hanna Tetteh, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Ghana. The Conference was addressed by H.E. Mr. Erastus Mwencha, the Deputy Chairperson of the AUC, and by H.E.Mr. Emmanuel Hategeka, Head of Delegation representing the Minister of trade and Industry of Rwanda, outgoing Chair. ATTENDANCE 2. The meeting was attended by the following Member States: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria , Rwanda, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 3. The following Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and partner organisations participated in the meeting: COMESA, ECCAS, ECOWAS, SADC, EAC,UEMOA, ACP, ADB, CEPG, Commonwealth Secretariat, DFID, ECDPM, Joint Secretariat Support Unit UNECA/AfDB/AUC, OIF, NEPAD, South Centre, Third World Network Africa, UNECA, UNEP, UNDP, NANTS, SAANA, ACP MTS Programme, World Bank, World Customs Organization, WTO, Action Aid/Ghana, Centre for Africa Development and Progress (CADEP), ENDA Tiers Monde, and PRCCE. -
LIST of CHIEFS of MISSION As of January 27, 2006 POST NAME
LIST OF CHIEFS OF MISSION as of January 27, 2006 POST NAME TITLE AND STATE CATEGORY AFGHANISTAN, Islamic Ronald E. Neumann AMB CMSFS-M-C VA Republic of, Appt 6-27-05 Kabul Oath 7-27-05 ALBANIA, REPUBLIC OF, Marcie B. Ries AMB CMSFS-M-C DC Tirana Appt 10-18-04 Oath 10-27-04 ALGERIA, DEMOCRATIC AND Richard W. Erdman AMB CMSFS-M-C MD POPULAR REPUBLIC OF, Appt 5-27-03 Algiers Oath 7-10-03 ANDORRA, Andorra La Eduardo Aguirre, Jr. AMB NC TX Vella Appt 6-21-05 (Resident Madrid) Oath 6-24-05 --Also Amb to Spain ANGOLA, REPUBLIC OF, Cynthia G. Efird AMB CMSFS-M-C DC Luanda Appt 07-02-04 Oath 07-20-04 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, Mary Kramer AMB NC IA 1/ St. John’s Appt 12-15-03 (Resident-Bridgetown) Oath 01-16-04 --Also Amb to Barbados, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St, Vincent and Grenadines ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires Lino Gutierrez AMB CMSFS-M-C FL Appt 04/16/03 Oath 09/08/03 l/ No mission exists at St. John’s Category Abbreviations: Appt Appointment Date NC Non-Career NC* Retiring Career Member of the Foreign Service converted to a Presidential Appointment CMSFS-CA Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Personal Rank of Career Ambassador CMSFS-CM Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister CMSFS-M-C Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor CMSFS-C Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor CMSES Career Member of the Senior Executive Service **Assigned Chief of Mission under Sec 502(c) of the Foreign Service Act 2 POST NAME TITLE AND STATE CATEGORY ARMENIA, REPUBLIC OF, John Marshall Evans AMB CMSFS-M-C DC Yerevan Appt 06/30/04 Oath 08/11/04 AUSTRALIA, Canberra Vacant AMB Appt Oath AUSTRIA, REPUBLIC OF, Susan Rasinski McCaw AMB NC WA Vienna Appt 11-02-05 Oath 11-30-05 AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC, Reno L. -
13Th CONSULTATIVE GROUP on INDONESIA Jakarta, Indonesia December 10-11, 2003
13th CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INDONESIA Jakarta, Indonesia December 10-11, 2003 List of Participants AUSTRALIA STATUS 1. Mr. Bruce Davis Head of Delegation Director General Private Sector Investor Climate AUSAID Canberra Health Role of Security and Development 2. His Excellency Head of Delegation Mr. David Ritchie Role of Security and Development Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Head of Delegation Dinner Embassy of Australia 3. Mr. Robin Davies Private Sector Investment Climate Minister Counsellor, AusAID Role Security and Development Health Head of Delegation Dinner 4. Ms. Penny Burtt Private Sector Investment Climate Minister Counsellor, DFAT 5. Mr. Sam Zappia Aid Effectiveness Counsellor, Development Cooperation Private Sector Investment Climate AusAID Health 6. Ms. Allison Sudrajat Decentralisation Director Indonesia Section Legal Judicial AusAID Canberra Role of Security and Development 7. Ms. Karen Whitham Counsellor, Treasury 8. Ms. Catherine Yates Role of Security and Development First Secretary 9. Ms. Zabeta Moutafis Decentralisation First Secretary Poverty Infrastructure 10. Mr. Brian Hearn Pre-CGI only Second Secretary Health 11. Mr. Mike Abrahams Pre-CGI only Senior Trade Commissioner Private Sector Investment Climate 12. Mr. Andrew Chandler 13th CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INDONESIA Jakarta, Indonesia December 10-11, 2003 List of Participants AUSTRIA 13. His Excellency Head of Delegation Dr. Bernhard Zimburg Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy of Austria 14. Mr. Daniel Benes PT Waagner Biro Indonesia 15. Mr. Robert Friesacher Verbundplan Project Office BELGIUM 16. His Excellency Head of Delegation Mr. Hans-Christian Kint Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium 17. Mr. Alain Hanssen Confirmed Counselor of the Embassy of Belgium CANADA 18. Mr. -
E Tradequity
TTrradequityadequityee A Newsletter of CUTS Africa Year 13, No. 1/2014 African Consumers: Rise up for your rights hile going through an online blog Eight Basic Won mobile phone services in Kenya Consumer Rights one will come across consumer experiences • Right to Satisfaction like this one, “I am writing to inform other of Basic Needs Kenyans of a disservice my service provider • Right to Safety has done on its consumers. I am sure this • Right to be Informed has affected other users of this network. I • Right to Choose loaded airtime of Kenyan Shillings 800 to • Right to be Heard purchase the 1.5GB internet bundle on • Right to Redress rd 3 March 2012, and then I got a message • Right to Consumer to wait for my bundle to be activated. After Education and three visits and many calls I was told that • Right to a Healthy there is no credit on my phone. Due this Environment harassment and forgery I am switching to another provider”. The comments, under effectively play their role. The judiciary, protection tax or fund, so that these this post had several similar and even more legal fraternity, trade unions, media, CSOs, resources could assist consumer pestering experiences from others. parliamentarians and consumers ought to organisations. CUTS Nairobi participated A Zambian newspaper reported this be activily engaged. actively with other organisations in a public harrowing story that “Some broiler To generate awareness on consumer event organised by the Competition chicken breeders in Kasama (Zambia) were protection issues the ‘World Consumer Authority of Kenya. reportedly mixing feed with Antiretro Viral Rights Day’ (WCRD) is observed every Many consumer protection civil society (ARV) and contraceptive drugs to feed year on March 15, across the globe. -
Comprehensive Security and Cooperative Security in Southeast Asia
Comprehensive Security and Cooperative Security in Southeast Asia: ASEAN’s and the ARF’s Responses to Non-Traditional Security Issues in the post-Cold War era Yih Chang Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy School of Humanities and Social Sciences The University of New South Wales @ Australian Defence Force Academy December 2011 ORIGINALITY STATEMENT ‘I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and to the best of my knowledge it contains no materials previously published or written by another person, or substantial proportions of material which have been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at UNSW or any other educational institution, except where due acknowledgement is made in the thesis. Any contribution made to the research by others, with whom I have worked at UNSW or elsewhere, is explicitly acknowledged in the thesis. I also declare that the intellectual content of this thesis is the product of my own work, except to the extent that assistance from others in the project's design and conception or in style, presentation and linguistic expression is acknowledged.’ Signed …………………………………………….............. Date …………………………………………….............. PLEASE TYPE THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES Thesis/Dissertation Sheet Surname or Family name: Chang First name: Yih Other name/s: Abbreviation for degree as given in the University calendar: Master of Philosophy School: Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty: Title: Comprehensive security and Cooperative security in Southeast Asia: ASEAN’s and the ARF’s Responses to Non- Traditional Security Issues in the post-Cold War era Abstract 350 words maximum: (PLEASE TYPE) This study applies the concepts of comprehensive and cooperative security in order to explore how Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) have dealt with non-traditional security (NTS) issues in Southeast Asia after the Cold War, and what individual countries’ strategic thinking affected when tackling these threats. -
An Examination of the Opportunities and Challenges Facing Women in Ghana’S Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (2000-2019)
University of Ghana http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh AN EXAMINATION OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FACING WOMEN IN GHANA’S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION (2000-2019) BY: MAXINE ADWOA ANSAH (10701880) THIS DISSERTATION IS SUBMITED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF AN MA IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND DIPLOMACY DEGREE LEGON DECEMBER 2019 University of Ghana http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh DECLARATION I, hereby declare that this dissertation is the result of an original research conducted under the supervision of Dr. Yao Gebe and that all references have been duly acknowledged. This dissertation has not been presented either in whole or in part to any other educational institution for any purpose. …………………………………… …………………………………….. MAXINE ADWOA ANSAH DR. YAO GEBE (STUDENT) (SUPERVISOR) …………………………….. ……………………………………... DATE DATE i University of Ghana http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh DEDICATION This work is dedicated to my mummy, Cecilia Mbroba Baah. Your love and prayers have made this possible. Thank you. ii University of Ghana http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My sincere gratitude goes to God Almighty for His divine strength, direction, teaching and counsel which have guided my work. My appreciation goes to my mummy, Cecilia Mbroba Baah, my aunt Mrs. Julie Asante, my friends Annie Adu-Gyamfi and Michael Kojo Adams for their constant check-ups, words of encouragement and all the sacrifices they made to ensure that I completed this work. To my LECIAD classmates who helped in a myriad of ways to help me finish this work, thank you. To my supervisor, Dr. -
Competitiveness & Diversification
Internati onal Policy Conference Proceedings Competi ti veness and Diversifi cati on: Strategic Challenges in a Petroleum-Rich Economy 14-15th March 2011, Accra, Ghana Disclaimer: This document has been produced without formal United Nations editing. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries, or its economic system or degree of development. Designations such as “developed”, “industrialized” and “developing” are intended for statistical conveni- ence and do not necessarily express a judgment about the stage reached by a particular country or area in the development process. Mention of firm names or commercial products does not constitute an endorsement by UNIDO. The opinions, statistical data and estimates contained in signed articles are the responsibility of the author(s) and should not necessarily be considered as reflecting the views or bearing the endorsement of UNIDO. Although great care has been taken to maintain the accuracy of information herein, neither UNIDO nor its Member States assume any responsibility for consequences which may arise from the use of the material. International Policy Conference Proceedings Competitiveness and Diversification: Strategic Challenges in a Petroleum-Rich Economy -
An Interview with Tracey Ann Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo
An Interview with Tracey Ann Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Tracey Ann Jacobson has been the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo since 2012. She previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan (2003-2006) and Tajikistan (2006-2009), and had other international assignments in Nassau, Bahamas; Moscow, Russia; and Seoul, South Korea. Jacobson has also held several positions within the U.S. government, such as Deputy Director of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) in Virginia and Deputy Executive Secretary at the National Security Council at the White House. The Politic: Why did you join the Foreign Service? There are two answers to that question. One of them is that I was naturally drawn to public service. My father was in the military. Both my grandmother and grandfather served in the British military in WWII, so we have a family tradition of public service. But the real reason is because of a party. I was working on my master’s degree in international relations. I was working as a financial analyst, and I figured I would probably do that after graduation. My friends had a row house in Georgetown, and they were going to throw a party on the Saturday that they all took the Foreign Service Exam. And I said, “Ok, I’ll just come to the party.” My friend Angela said, “You can’t just come to the party. You have to take the Foreign Service Test with me.” So I signed up, and I showed up at this hotel at 7:30 on Saturday morning. -
East-West Center Observer, Volume 11, No. 2
SUMMER 2007 Ob serve r Burma, one of the world’s most repressive regimes, has only one way out of its current political crisis, according to America’s top diplomat to this isolated Southeast Asian country. “The only way forward is talks Bbetween the military (currently running Burma) and the protesters and democracy advocates,” said Shari Villarosa, the U.S. Charge D’Affairs in Burma, during a presentation at the East-West Center in Honolulu in early October. Villarosa briefly Burma at a Crossroads, left Burma for a series of meetings and consultations in Change Due Says U.S. Honolulu, before returning to Rangoon. While the military has largely maintained control Envoy in Burma over most of the past 46 years, its time will Shari Villarosa, U.S. Charge D’Affairs in Burma, gave eventually come, Villarosa suggested. “I don’t think you an update on Burma at the East-West Center. can achieve stability out of a gun barrel,” she told the East-West Center audience. current leaders. “The way they are going is seen more The current protests in Burma, initially led by and more as objectionable, even by their neighbors.” widely respected monks, were stimulated by long-term This is particularly true for China, Villarosa dissatisfaction with the military regime and specifically noted, “which has been more critical on this crisis than Inside sparked by broad public unhappiness with a sudden rise ever before.” At the same time, she said, India (perhaps in government-controlled fuel prices. for its own strategic reasons, such as access to Burmese Leach Cautions Change, said Villarosa, is inevitable in Burma. -
Congressional Record—Senate S2084
S2084 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2012 EC–5492. A communication from the Chief me of the pertinent contributions made by me of the pertinent contributions made by of the Publications and Regulations Branch, them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- Internal Revenue Service, Department of the formation contained in this report is com- formation contained in this report is com- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the plete and accurate.) plete and accurate.) report of a rule entitled ‘‘Applicable Federal Contributions, amount, date, and donee: Contributions, amount, date, and donee: Rates—Correction to Rev. Rul. 2012–9’’ (Rev. 1. Self: $0. 1. Self: $1750, 2008, Obama. 2. Spouse: Gerard Winstanley, $200, 2008, Rul. 2012–12) received in the Office of the 2. Spouse: N/A. Obama Presidential campaign. President of the Senate on March 21, 2012; to 3. Children and Spouses: N/A. the Committee on Finance. 3. Daughter: Kara Winstanley, none. 4. Parents: N/A. EC–5493. A communication from the Chief 4. Son: Adam Winstanley, none. of the Publications and Regulations Branch, 5. Parents: both deceased. 5. Grandparents: N/A. 6. Grandparents: both deceased. Internal Revenue Service, Department of the 6. Brothers and Spouses: N/A. 7. Brother: Craig Stevens, None. 7. Sisters and Spouses: None. Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 8. Brother: John Brent, None. report of a rule entitled ‘‘Applicable Federal 9. Sister: Lynne Hicks, none. Rates—April 2012’’ (Rev. Rul. 2012–11) re- 10. Brother in law: Larry Hicks, None. *Pamela A. White, of Maine, a Career ceived in the Office of the President of the Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class Senate on March 20, 2012; to the Committee *Julissa Reynoso, of New York, to be Am- of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Ex- on Finance.