01: Make Public Statement
CAMEO 010: Make Statement, not specified below
DescriptionAll public statements expressed verbally or in action not otherwise specified.
Usage NotesThis residual category is not coded except when distinctions among CAMEO 011 to 017 cannot be made. Comments are remarks or observations that explain or express something. Note that comments are typically subordinate events; they are used only if no other events are found.
ExampleU.S. military chief General Colin Powell said on Wednesday NATO would need to remain strong and American forces would have to stay in Europe despite the changes in the Warsaw Pact.
CAMEO 011: Decline comment
DescriptionExplicitly decline or refuse to comment on a situation.
Usage NotesThis event form is a verbal act.
ExampleNATO on Monday declined comment on an estimate that Yugoslav army and special police troops in Kosovo were losing 90 to 100 dead per day in NATO air strikes.
CAMEO 012: Make pessimistic comment
DescriptionExpress pessimism, negative outlook.
Usage NotesThis event form is a verbal act. Ambiguous statements and explanations with no explicit pessimistic assessment should be coded into the residual statement category (CAMEO 010).
ExampleFormer West Germany Chancellor Willy Brandt said in a radio interview broadcast today he was skeptical over Moscow's will to agree on limiting European-based nuclear weapons.
ExampleIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said Friday he was "very pessimistic" about the chances of resuming peace talks with Syria, Israel radio reported.
CAMEO 013: Make optimistic comment
DescriptionExpress optimism, assurance, confidence.
Usage NotesThis event form is a verbal act.
ExampleTurkish President Turgut Ozal said on Wedensday he was confident that the United States would remove irritants damaging relations between the two NATO allies.
ExampleThe European Community said on Thursday it hoped the lifting of martial law in Beijing would lead to an improvement in human rights.
CAMEO 014: Consider policy option
DescriptionReview, reflect upon, or study policy option.
Usage NotesThis event form is typically, though not exclusively, a verbal act.
ExampleEurope's leading security forum is exploring the possibility of international patrols to monitor the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia's border with Serbia, its envoy said on Friday.
ExampleMalaysia is considering giving money to 20,000 Vietnamese boat people in the country to entice them to return home, Foreign Minister Abu Hassan bin Omar said on Tuesday.
CAMEO 015: Acknowledge or claim responsibility
DescriptionNon-apologetically claim responsibility, admit an error or wrongdoing, retract a statement without expression of remorse.
Usage NotesThis event form is typically, though not exclusively, a verbal act. Remorseful acknowledgements should be coded under 'Apologize' (CAMEO 064).
ExampleA Damascus-based Palestinian guerrilla group claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks on Israeli troops from Jordan in the past two days.
CAMEO 016: Make empathetic comment
DescriptionExpress empathy, condolences, sympathetic understanding.
Usage NotesThis event form refers exclusively to verbal acts or comments. Empathetic and other symbolic actions should be coded under CAMEO 017 instead.
ExampleSecretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Saturday expressed condolences to the United States for the death of three American diplomats.
CAMEO 017: Engage in symbolic act
DescriptionEngage in symbolic activities such as holding vigils, attending funerals and laying wreath.
Usage NotesUse this event form to code for all symbolic acts, including those that imply empathy. Use CAMEO 016 to code for empathetic comments (i.e., not actions).
ExampleAfrican National Congress supporters maintained a night-long candlelit vigil outside South Africa's embassy to Ciskei before a mass funeral for 15 of the 28 people massacred by homeland troops last week.