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FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5993
INFO USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE
UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
WHITEHOUSE WASHDC
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY ACCRA
AMEMBASSY DHAKA
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
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CONFIDENTIALSECTION 01 OF 03 USUN NEW YORK 001776
DEPT FOR AF/C, IO/UNP, IO/PHO AND L/UNA;
WHITEHOUSE PASS TO NSC FOR RICE AND DESHAZER;
JOINT STAFF FOR CHAIRMAN, DIR JS, J3;
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PARIS FOR PERLOW
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TAGS: MARR, PINS, PREL, PHUM, MOPS, PGOV, RW, UNSC
SUBJECT: UNSC ACTIVITY ON RWANDA
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL REASON: 1.4(B), 1.4(D)
DECLASSIFY AFTER: 27 APR 2016
DATE/CASE ID: 06 MAY 2011 201005065
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REF: A) BUJUMBURA 1440, B) STATE 110657, C) STATE
110704, D) PARIS 11412
1.
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2. SUMMARY: SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS INFORMALLY
EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN PERHAPS URGING ON THE GOR TO
CALL FOR AN END TO THE KILLINGS OF CIVILIANS, EITHER IN
SUPPORT OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) SIMILAR REQUEST
(REF A), OR ON ITS OWN. THE CZECHS AND ARGENTINES ARE
WORKING ON A DRAFT STATEMENT ON GENOCIDE IN RWANDA. THE
COUNCIL HINTED THAT IF THERE IS EVER A PEACEFUL
SETTLEMENT IN RWANDA, AN EVEN LARGER PKO MIGHT BE IN
ORDER THAN WAS PREVIOUSLY SENT TO RWANDA. THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT MET WITH REPS OF TANZANIA, UGANDA AND THE
OAU. UN BELIEVES FRANCE MAY BE PREPARING TO RECOGNIZE A
NEW GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA.
3. SUMMARY CONTD: THE IDEA OF AN ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST
RWANDA IS BEING FLOATED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH.
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WHILE AN EMBARGO COULD NOT PREVENT MACHETES (THE WEAPON
OF CHOICE OF THE RAMPAGING GANGS SLAUGHTERING
CIVILIANS), IT MIGHT BE USED TO PREVENT THE GOR FROM
BRINGING WEAPONS ACROSS THE LAKE FROM ZAIRE, THEREBY
LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD. THE AIRPORT WAS HIT BY
MORTAR FIRE APRIL 25 BUT IS STILL OPERABLE. THREE
HERCULES A/C LANDED WITH HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES APRIL
27. SRSG BOOH-BOOH PRESENTED A CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL TO
BOTH SIDES AND IS AWAITING THEIR RESPONSE, AS OF APRIL
27. ABOUT HALF THE CIVILIANS HAVE VOLUNTARILY LEFT THE
STADIUM FOR THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF THE NORTH.
RPF-CONTROLLED AREAS ARE CALM AND STABLE. END SUMMARY.
4. USUN NOTES THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED GOR
REPRESENTATIVES TO ISSUE A FIRM CALL FOR AN END TO
MASSACRES OF CIVILIANS, AS WELL AS TO ACCEPT A CEASEFIRE
AND ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS (REF B). USUN BELIEVES THE
SECURITY COUNCIL MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEND SUPPORT ON THE
FIRST ITEM. THE COUNCIL HAS CALLED FOR THE OTHER TWO
ITEMS ALREADY. IF REF C IS CORRECT, AND THE GOR
OFFICIALS HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI TO CALL FOR
AN END TO THE KILLINGS, THEN THE COUNCIL COULD FIND IT
EVEN EASIER TO MAKE A SIMILAR CALL. BASED ON REF A,
USUN AMB INDERFURTH ASKED THE SECRETARIAT, DURING SC
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INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS APRIL 26, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON
WFP ACTIVITIES. SECRETARIAT WAS NOT PREPARED WITH ANY
INFORMATION AT THE TIME, BUT WILL BRIEF THE COUNCIL AT
OUR NEXT INFORMAL SESSION (THURSDAY). POLOFF INFORMED
SEVERAL SC MEMBERS OF THE CONTENT OF REF A, AND FOUND
MOST WERE SYMPATHETIC TO THE IDEA OF THE COUNCIL CALLING
ON THE GOVERNMENT TO INSTRUCT ITS FORCES TO STOP KILLING
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CIVILIANS. USUN WILL PURSUE THIS APPROACH. SINCE WFP
MAY BE SENSITIVE TO THE NEED TO APPEAR NEUTRAL, IT MAY
BE BEST IF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT REFER TO THE WFP
DEMARCHE ON THE GOR. USUN WOULD APPRECIATE INPUT ON
THIS POINT FROM POSTS.
5. I
INFORMED POLOFF THAT THE RPF
IS WORRIED ABOUT THE GOR DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY IN PARIS
AND AFRICA (REFS B AND D) AND THAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH IS
ADVOCATING AN ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST RWANDA. ACCORDING TO
THE RPF BELIEVES THE GOR IS SCRAMBLING TO
CONTRACT FOR ARMS SHIPMENTS WHICH WOULD COME ACROSS LAKE
KIVU FROM ZAIRE.'
'OBSERVED THAT THE LAST TIME THE
RPF HAD INFORMED THE UN OF ARMS SHIPMENTS TO THE GOR,
THEY HAD BEEN CORRECT, AND THE UN HAD BEEN ABLE TO TURN
BACK AN AIRCRAFT CARRYING ARMS. COMMENT: IF THE RPF
INFORMATION IS CORRECT, IT MIGHT BE WISE FOR THE COUNCIL
TO IMPOSE AN ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST RWANDA. SC RESOLUTION
846 ALREADY PREVENTS MILITARY ASSISTANCE FROM UGANDA TO
THE RPF. THE RPF HAVE ARGUED FOR ALMOST A YEAR THAT
THEY WOULD PREFER TO SEE ARMS SHIPMENTS TO THE GOR ALSO
FORBIDDEN. AN EMBARGO AGAINST ARMS SHIPMENTS INTO ANY
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PART OF RWANDA WOULD HELP LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD, AND
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PREVENT THE SORT OF SCENARIO NOW PLAYING OUT IN BOSNIA,
WHERE ONE SIDE HAS ACCESS TO UNLIMITED ARMS AND THE
OTHER SIDE IS EMBARGOED. END COMMENT.
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(ALSO RELAYED A RUMOR THAT THE FRENCH WERE
ABOUT TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA. IF
THIS IS TRUE, IT WOULD MAKE IT MUCH HARDER TO GET
THROUGH THE COUNCIL ANYTHING CRITICAL OF THE GOR.
7. U/SYG GHAREKHAN INFORMED THE COUNCIL 4/26 THAT THE
AIRPORT WAS HIT BY TWO MORTAR SHELLS ON 4/25, BUT WAS
TOLD POLOFF 4/27 THAT THREE
STILL FUNCTIONING.
HERCULES A/C CARRYING HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES HAD LANDED
AT THE AIRPORT. 450 UNAMIR TROOPS REMAIN IN KIGALI.
HALF THE DISPLACED PERSONS IN THE STADIUM HAVE
VOLUNTARILY LEFT FOR NORTHERN RWANDA THROUGH CORRIDORS
OPENED UP THROUGH RPF-HELD AREAS. SANITARY AND
HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE REST.
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8. THE CZECHS AND ARGENTINES ARE WORKING ON A DRAFT
STATEMENT ABOUT GENOCIDE. COMMENT: THE EVENTS IN
RWANDA CLEARLY SEEM TO MEET THE DEFINITION OF GENOCIDE
IN ARTICLE II OF THE 1948 CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION
AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE. HOWEVER, IF
THE COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, IT MAY BE FORCED TO "TAKE
SUCH ACTION UNDER THE CHARTER AS THEY CONSIDER
APPROPRIATE FOR THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF ACTS
OF GENOCIDE" AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE VIII. END
COMMENT.
9. WHATEVER DRAFT THE CZECHS AND ARGENTINES EVENTUALLY
PRODUCE COULD BE USED AS A VEHICLE TO URGE NEIGHBORING
STATES TO TAKE STEPS TO ENGAGE IN CROSS-BORDER FEEDING
AND ASSISTANCE, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE UNHCR TO ARRANGE
ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEES ALONG THE BORDERS WITH TANZANIA,
NOTED TO POLOFF THAT
UGANDA, BURUNDI AND ZAIRE.
THE JOINT GHANA/TUNISIA PLATOONS AT THE STADIUM, ETC.
HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE DETERRENTS. THEY BELIEVE SUCH
PLATOONS MIGHT ALSO BE USED TO PROVIDE SECURITY, IF
DESIRED, AT REFUGEE CAMPS NEAR THE BORDERS. THEY DO NOT
KNOW IF UNARMED UNCIVPOLS OR MILITARY OBSERVERS WOULD BE
AS EFFECTIVE AS A DETERRENT. UNAMIR NOW HAS 21
UNCIVPOLS STILL IN RWANDA. THE RPF REP IN NEW YORK
INDICATED TO POLOFF THAT RPF WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SC
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CONDEMN THE EVENTS AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE, AND CALL FOR
THEIR PUNISHMENT. THE RPF RESENTS BEING PUT ON AN EQUAL
PAR WITH THE GOR IN SC RESOLUTIONS, SINCE THEY POINT OUT
THAT THE GOR FORCES HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CIVILIANS MASSACRES, NOT THE RPF.
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10. THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT (NEW ZEALAND) INFORMED THE
COUNCIL 4/26 OF HIS MEETING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
UGANDA, TANZANIA AND THE OAU. THE THREE AFRICANS WERE
GRATEFUL FOR THE PRESIDENT'S BRIEFING, AND HAD A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING AFTER THE MEETING OF WHY THE COUNCIL HAD
TAKEN THE DECISION TO SCALE BACK UNAMIR. ALL AGREED
THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT SHORT-TERM GOAL WAS TO TRY TO
ARRANGE A CEASEFIRE IN RWANDA, SINCE NEITHER
HUMANITARIAN AID, NOR A RE-ENFORCED PEACEKEEPING
PRESENCE COULD BE EFFECTIVE IN THE ABSENCE OF A
CEASEFIRE.
/C-TREY ASKED FOR A FOLLOW-UP MEETING
WITIH THE SC PRESIDENT. THE SC PRESIDENT MENTIONED THAT
IF PEACE DID EVER COME TO RWANDA, THE UN MIGHT NEED TO
SEND IN A "DIFFERENT SORT OF OPERATION", AND SUGGESTED
THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT ASK THE SECRETARIAT TO DO
CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN THE EVENT THERE WAS A POSITIVE
OUTCOME. HE ALSO SUGGESTED THE SECRETARIAT MIGHT
PREPARE A DOSSIER ON VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL
HUMANITARIAN LAW, SUCH AS IT WAS DOING FOR
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FORMER-YUGOSLAVIA.
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'INDICATED 4/27 THAT SRSG BOOH-BOOH
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HAD WORKED OUT A CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL WITH TANZANIAN AND
OAU MEDIATORS, AND HAD PRESENTED IT TO BOTH SIDES. GEN.
DALLAIRE WAS WAITING FOR REPLIES FROM BOTH SIDES. HE
PLANS TO TRAVEL TO MULINDI 4/28. THE UN BELIEVES BOTH
SIDES WILL CREATE OBSTACLES TO A CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT.
THE RPF-CONTROLLED AREAS ARE STABLE AND CALM. THERE
HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF MASSACRES OF CIVILIANS IN
RPF-CONTROLLED AREAS.
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