04: Consult

• 040: Consult, not specified below
• 041: Discuss by telephone
• 042: Make a visit
• 043: Host a visit
• 044: Meet in a "third" location
• 045: Engage in mediation
• 046: Engage in negotaition

CAMEO 040: Consult, not specified below

DescriptionAll consultations and meetings not otherwise specified.

Usage NotesThis residual category is not coded except when distinctions among CAMEO 041 through 044 cannot be made. Note that events coded under these categories are typically, though not always, reciprocal events.

ExampleChina's Vice Premier Qian Quichen held a meeting here Tuesday on the latest stop of an African tour, saying boosting cooperation with Africa was a key point in Beijing's foreign policy.

CAMEO 041: Discuss by telephone

DescriptionTalk about, explain an issue by telephone.

Usage NotesThis event form is a verbal act and is typically a reciprocal event.

ExampleU.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher telephoned Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev on Tuesday to discuss efforts to forge a peace settlement in former Yugoslavia, Itar-Tass news agency said.

Example NotesThis example is coded as two reciprocal events with the actors reversed. (See the example notes under CAMEO 030 for more explanation.)

CAMEO 042: Make a visit

DescriptionTravel to another location for a meeting or other event.

Usage NotesAll visits and travels should be coded under this category. Note that this event category is typically accompanied by the linked event 'Host a visit.'

ExampleTaiwan's Vice Foreign Minister visited Russia today, becoming the island's highest ranking government official to go there.

Example NotesThis example contains a linked event: In the coding of 'Make a visit' Taiwan's Vice Foreign Minister is the source actor (the visitor) and Russia is the target actor (the host). In the linked event coding of 'Host a visit' Russia is the source actor (the host), while Taiwan's Vice Foreign Minister becomes the target (the visitor).

ExampleIraqi President Saddam Hussein arrived in Amman on a previously unannounced visit on Wednesday and went straight into talks with King Hussein.

Example NotesThis example contains a linked event: 'Make a visit' is linked to 'Host a visit.' (See the example notes above for more detail.) Note that the second half of the lead should be coded as a separate event ('Engage in negotiation') with King Hussein as the target.

CAMEO 043: Host a visit

DescriptionHost a visitor at residence, office or home country.

Usage NotesThis event category is typically accompanied by the linked event 'Make a visit.'

ExampleRussian President Boris Yeltsin on Saturday hosts Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto in this Siberian city for an informal meeting aimed at establishing close personal relations between the two leaders.

Example NotesThis example contains a linked event: 'Host a visit,' where the Russian President is the source (the host) and Japanese Prime Minister is the target actor (the visitor) is linked to 'Make a visit,' where the visitor becomes the source and the host becomes the target actors.

ExamplePresident Francois Mitterrand gave a warm welcome on Thursday to South African leader F.W. de Klerk who is attempting to break his country's international isolation.

Example NotesTwo linked events are coded in this example: 'Host a visit' and 'Make a visit.' (See the example notes above for more detail.)

CAMEO 044: Meet at a 'third' location

DescriptionMeet, come together, gather with party(ies) at a territory that none of the attending parties are originally from.

Usage NotesThis category is typically accompanied by two other linked events, 'Make a visit' and 'Host a visit.'

ExamplesLord Carrington left London on Friday for talks in Lisbon with United Nations negotiator Cyrus Vance.

Example NotesThis example contains six events: two reciprocal 'Meet at a third location' events with actors (Lord Carrington and Cyrus Vance) reversed; two 'Make a visit' events with Lord Carrington as the source actor in one and Cyrus Vance as the source in the other one (Lisbon/Portugal as the target actor in both); and two 'Host a visit' events with Lord Carrington as the target in one and Cyrus Vance as the target actor in the other one (Lisbon/Portugal as the source actor in both).

ExampleU.S. and Soviet negotiators return to Geneva this week for talk on limiting the number of European-based nuclear missiles, an issue likely to dominate East-West relations this year.

Example NotesThis example contains six events: two 'Meet at a third location' events, two 'Make a visit' events, and two 'Host a visit' events. (See the example notes above for more detail.)

CAMEO 045: Engage in mediation

DescriptionMediate between two or more parties.

Usage NotesThis event code should be used only when a party meets with others explicitly to play the role of a mediator. The source is always the mediator. All other cases, where the purpose of the meeting or the role of the source actor is not specified, should be coded under other more appropriate 04 codes.

ExampleArab League Secretary General Chadli Klibi is to undertake mediation mission between Syria and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Example NotesBecause of the compound target actor, two events are coded.

ExampleQatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, launched a mediation effort on Saturday between the Emirates and Saudi Arabia whose ties have been strained by Riyadh's new friendship with Tehran.

Example NotesBecause of the compound target actor, two events are coded.

CAMEO 046: Engage in negotiation

DescriptionNegotiate or bargain with other party(ies) on particular issues.

Usage NotesThis event code should be used only when the event refers specifically to a negotiation activity. Mere discussions and meetings should go under other 04 codes. However, "holding talks" should be treated as negotiation. Also note that negotiations are typically reciprocal events.

ExampleIsrael and Lebanon, with the participation of the United States, renewed negotiation today on an Israeli troop pullback from Lebanon and their future relations.

Example NotesThis example is coded as two reciprocal events with the actors reversed. (See the example notes under CAMEO 030 for more explanation.)

ExampleFrench National Assembly president Laurent Fabius and a group of deputies held talks with leaders of Romania's new government on Tuesday, the first high level Western delegation to visit Bucharest since last month's revolution.

Example NotesThis example is coded as two reciprocal events with the actors reversed. (See the example notes under CAMEO 030 for more explanation.)