06: Cooperate
CAMEO 060: Cooperate, not specified below
DescriptionInitiate, resume, improve or expand diplomatic relations or other exchange, not otherwise specified.
Usage NotesThis residual category is not coded except when distinctions among CAMEO codes 061 through 066 cannot be made. Note that events falling under CAMEO 06 are typically reciprocal events.
ExampleCzechoslovakia and Albania have upgraded their diplomatic ties back to ambassadorial level after an 18-year break, the official CTK news agency said on Wednesday.
Example NotesThis example is coded as two reciprocal events with the actors reversed. (See the example notes under CAMEO 030 for more explanation.)
ExampleThe Bolivian government announced today it had resumed diplomatic relations with Cuba after a 20-year break.
CAMEO 061: Cooperate economically
DescriptionInitiate, resume, improve or expand economic exchange and cooperation.
Usage NotesForms of bi- or multi-lateral economic exchange, such as trade relations, should be coded here. Unilateral provisions of aid should be coded under "Provide Aid" (CAMEO 07) instead.
ExampleBosnia-Hercegovina and Slovenia instigated on Wednesday a free trade agreement which eliminates tariffs on Bosnia's agricultural and industrial exports to Slovenia, Bosnia's national radio reported.
Example NotesThis example is coded as two reciprocal events with the actors reversed. (See the example notes under CAMEO 030 for more explanation.)
CAMEO 062: Cooperate militarily
DescriptionInitiate, resume, improve or expand military exchange and cooperation.
Usage NotesMilitary exchanges such as joint military games and maneuvers should be coded here. Unilateral provisions of aid should be coded under 'Provide Aid' (CAMEO 07) instead.
ExampleFrench and Egyptian warships on Monday launched 10 days of war games in the Mediterranean sea, expected to be joined later by Italian and German vessels, the French embassy said Monday.
Example NotesThis example is coded as two reciprocal events with the actors reversed. (See the example notes under CAMEO 030 for more explanation.)
CAMEO 063: Grant diplomatic recognition
DescriptionGrant diplomatic recognition to, initiate diplomatic relations with a state or a government.
Usage NotesThis event form is typically, though not exclusively, a verbal act. Recognition of newly independent states, new governments that might have come to power through unconventional means, and initiation of diplomatic ties with an entity for the first time are all coded under this category. Note that in cases where two parties mutually upgrade or establish diplomatic ties, events should be coded as reciprocal.
ExampleSri Lanka has established diplomatic ties with and opened an embassy in Tehran, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Example NotesSri Lanka is the source and Tehran/Iran is the target in this example.
CAMEO 064: Apologize
DescriptionExpress regret or remorse for an action or situation.
Usage NotesAlthough this event form is typically a verbal act, it should also be used to code all nonverbal acts that express remorse.
ExampleArgentina has apologized to Brazil for one of its gunboats intercepting a Brazilian ship in the Beagle Channel, disputed by Argentina and Chile.
Example NotesArgentina is the source actor because it is the party issuing the apology; Brazil is the party to whom the apology is directed.
CAMEO 065: Forgive
DescriptionExpress forgiveness, pardon.
Usage NotesUse this event form to code for verbal and nonverbal gestures of forgiveness and engagements in explicitly conciliatory actions to rebuild a relationship or to rectify a situation. Formal pardons and amnesties of arrested persons, as well as the release or exchange of prisoners, should be coded as CAMEO 0831 instead.
ExampleA group of Yoruba leaders announced yesterday that they are willing to forgive President Olusegun Obasanjo and queue behind him for a second term.
CAMEO 066: Sign formal Agreement
DescriptionRatify, sign, finalize an agreement, treaty.
Usage NotesThis category excludes promises to sign or ratify agreements, treaties. Events should be coded under this category only when agreements are reportedly finalized, or signed. This event code is typically reciprocal.
ExampleLibyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Bulgarian President Todor Zhivkov today signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reported.
Example NotesThis example is coded as two reciprocal events with the actors reversed. (See the example notes under CAMEO 030 for more explanation.)
ExampleCzechoslovakia and China signed an agreement today to increase trade in 1983 by 50 per cent compared with last year, the official Czechoslovak news agency Ceteka said today.
Example NotesThis example is coded as two reciprocal events with the actors reversed. (See the example notes under CAMEO 030 for more explanation.)