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SUBJECT: RWANDA DISCUSSED IN SECURITY COUNCIL, APRIL 20
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SUMMARY: THE SYG DID NOT HAVE A REPORT WITH
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 05 NOV 2008 200103014
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL. U/SYG GHAREKHAN
BRIEFED THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN
RWANDA. HE SAID THAT FIGHTING CONTINUES, THAT 264
NON-ESSENTIAL UNAMIR TROOPS WERE EVACUATED TO NAIROBI.
ALSO 237 GHANAIANS WERE MOVED FROM THE DMZ TO KIGALI AND
THAT THE REST WOULD MOVE TODAY. NIGERIA REPORTED ON
EFFORTS BY UGANDA AND THE OAU TO SEEK A CEASEFIRE. IN
RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS GHAREKHAN REPORTED THE AIRPORT WAS
OPERATIONAL BUT NO CIVILIAN FLIGHTS WERE OPERATING AND
THAT THERE WAS NO NEW SHELLING OR PROPAGANDA AGAINST
UNAMIR TROOPS. GHAREKHAN HOPED THE SYG REPORT WOULD BE
AVAILABLE TOMORROW BUT WOULD NOT PROMISE. A NUMBER OF
NEMBERS STRESSED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD TO TAKE ACTION ON
RWANDA BEFORE THE WEEKEND. END SUMMARY.
WHEN IS A REPORT NOT A REPORT
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AT INFORMALS ON APRIL 20 THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED
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RWANDA. U/SYG GHAREKHAN BEGAN BY ANNOUNCING THAT
CONTRARY TO HIS STATENENT TO THE COUNCIL THE DAY BEFORE,
THE SECRETARIAT DID NOT HAVE A REPORT FRON THE SYG ON
FUTURE OPTIONS. HE THEN GAVE AN ORAL BRIEFING ON THE
SITUATION. GHAREKHAN SAID THAT FIGHTING HAD BEEN
INTENSE ON TUESDAY BUT SLACKED OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.
THIS ALLOWED THE ICRC TO EVACUATE THE WOUNDED FROM THE
STADIUM TO THE HOSPITAL. THE NUMBER OF DEAD AT THE
STADIUN WAS NOW PLACED AT 40. THERE WAS ALSO FIGHTING
AROUND THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL NORTHWEST OF KIGALI.
GHAREKHAN REPORTED THAT THE BELGIANS HAD LEFT AND AN
ADDITIONAL 264 NON-ESSENTIAL UNANIR TROOPS HAD BEEN
EVACUATED TO NAIROBI LEAVING A FORCE LEVEL OF 1707. 237
GHANAIAN TROOPS OF UNAMIR HAD BEEN NOVED FROM THE DMZ TO
KIGALI ON TUESDAY AND THE REMAINING 87 WERE EXPECTED TO
GO TO KIGALI WEDNESDAY.
4. NIGERIA PERM REP GAMBARI GAVE THE COUNCIL SOME
INFORMATION ON THE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS. HE SAID THERE
WAS A NEETING IN KANPALA WHERE UGANDA'S PRESIDENT TRIED
TO PERSUADE BOTH SIDES TO AGREE TO A CEASEFIRE AND THERE
WAS TO BE ANOTHER NEETING TONORROW; ALSO THAT LEADERS OF
THE REGION HAD AGREED TO MEET IN ARUSHA ON SATURDAY.
THE SYG OF THE OAU HAD CONTACTED REGIONAL LEADERS TO
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COOPERATE ON A COMMUNICATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
SECURITY COUNCIL. GANBARI CONCLUDED BY SAYING HE HOPED
THAT THE COUNCIL COULD RETURN QUICKLY TO THE DRAFT
RESOLUTION ON RWANDA AFTER THE SYG'S REPORT WAS RECEIVED.
MORE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS
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5. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL QUESTIONED GHAREKHAN
SEEKING MORE INFORMATION. BRAZIL ASKED IF THE 264
NON-ESSENTIAL WERE ALL OR MIGHT MORE LEAVE, SAYING THEY
HAD HEARD REPORTS THAT 500 UNAMIR TROOPS WERE LEAVING.
GHAREKHAN SAID THE REPORT OF 500 WAS NOT TRUE, BUT MORE
TROOPS MIGHT LEAVE DEPENDING ON THE DECISIONS OF TROOP
CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES AND WHAT DECISIONS THE COUNCIL
TOOK. ARGENTINA EXPRESSED SERIOUS QUESTION ABOUT THE
SAFETY OF UN PERSONNEL AND ASKED FOR INFORMATION ON
CONDITIONS AT THE AIRPORT, ANY SHELLING OF UN FORCES AND
ANY REPORTS ON THE ATTITUDE OF BOTH SIDES TOWARDS THE UN
TROOPS PARTICULARLY ANY HOSTILE PROPAGANDA. GHAREKHAN
RESPONDED THAT UNAMIR TROOPS WERE AT THE AIRPORT WHICH
WAS STILL OPERATIONAL ALTHOUGH NO CIVILIAN FLIGHTS WERE
OPERATING NOW. UNAMIR DID NOT BELIEVE THEY COULD
ARRANGE FOR THE AIRPORT TO BE CONSIDERED NEUTRAL. ALSO
THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER ATTACKS ON UNAMIR AND NO
DELIBERATE HOSTILITY OR PROPAGANDA TOWARDS THEM.
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6. IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION BY SPAIN GHAREKHAN SAID HE
"HOPED" THE REPORT WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THURSDAY BUT
COULD NOT PROMISE THAT. THIS REVELATION PRODDED MEMBERS
OF THE COUNCIL TO STRESS THE NEED NOT TO GO INTO THE
WEEKEND WITHOUT ACTING. UK AMB HANNAY SAID THAT WHILE
TROOP CONTRIBUTORS HOLD THE ULTIMATE POWER TO DECIDE IF
TROOPS WOULD REMAIN, THE COUNCIL SHOULD TRY TO STAY ONE
JUMP AHEAD OF THEM. HE SAID IT WAS BETTER TO RATIONALLY
DECIDE TO DOWNSIZE THE MISSION THAN HAVE TROOP
CONTRIBUTORS DO IT FOR THE COUNCIL. HANNAY CONCLUDED
THE COUNCIL NEEDED TO DECIDE SOON, WE "CAN'T RETIRE FOR
THE WEEKEND WITHOUT TAKING ACTION."
7. NEW ZEALAND COMMENTED THAT AS PRESIDENT HE WAS
ENCOUNTERING A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES NOT COUNCIL MEMBERS
WHO COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE COUNCIL WAS NOT SAYING
ANYTHING ON 'THIS HORRIFIC KILLING," AS WELL AS
QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA WHY THE COUNCIL WAS NOT
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POINTING OUT WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS KILLING WHEN
THE WERE RECEIVING REPORTS ON WHO WAS AT FAULT. AMB
KEATING SAID THE COUNCIL HAD GOOD REASONS WHY THEY HAD
NOT ADOPTED A RESOLUTION LAST FRIDAY BUT HE BELIEVED THE
COUNCIL CAN NOT GO BEYOND THIS FRIDAY WITHOUT ACTION.
8. AMB CARDENAS OF ARGENTINA JOINED THIS CHORUS SAYING
THE COUNCIL HAD TO TAKE A DECISION NO LATER THAN
FRIDAY. HE SAID THE UNAMIR FORCE MAY BE EVAPORATING
THROUGH ACTIONS OF TROOP CONTRIBUTORS AND THAT UNAMIR
HAS BEEN IN LIMBO. HE ADDED THAT UNAMIR HAD A MANDATE
NOT RELATED TO THE PRESENT SITUATION AND THAT HIS
GOVERNMENT WOULD BE VERY DISTURBED IF UNAMIR REMAINED IN
THIS LIMBO. (COMMENT AFTER THE MEETING CARDENAS
COMMENTED THAT THIS WAS CRAZY, THAT THE BANGLADESH WANTS
TO REMOVE IT TROOPS AND UNAMIR SHOULD BE REMOVED. END
COMMENT.)
9. THE PRESIDENT SAID IF THE SYG REPORT ON RWANDA CAME
OUT ON THURSDAY HE WOULD TRY TO ADJUST THE SCHEDULE OF
WORK TO ALLOW AN INITIAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS. IF NOT HE
WOULD EXPECT TO DISCUSS RWANDA ON FRIDAY.
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