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1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. SUMMARY: IN DISCUSSIONS PRIOR TO SECURITY COUNCIL
INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON APRIL 15, THE US AGREED TO THE
PROPOSAL OFFERED EARLIER IN THE DAY BY~ WHICH
ENTAILED AN IMMEDIATE DRAWDOWN OF TROOPS WITH A SMALL
PROTECTIVE FORCE FOR THE UN STAFF REMAINING IN RWANDA.
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HOWEVER, THE NON-ALIGNED MEMBERS REJECTED THIS
PROPOSAL. THEY AND MANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORTED
THE SECRETARY GENERAL'S RECOMMENDATION TO KEEP UNAMIR'S
FORCE AS IS FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF THE BELGIANS, AT
LEAST FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THIS WAS BOLSTERED BY THE
SECRETARIAT'S VIEW THAT RAPID WITHDRAWAL MIGHT ACTUALLY
PLACE THE FORCES IN JEOPARDY WHERE NONE IS PRESENT.
RECOGNIZING THAT IT WOULD BE UNABLE TO AGREE ON A
RESOLUTION, THE SECURITY COUNCIL AGREED TO CONTINUE
DISCUSSION OF UNAMIR'S FUTURE NEXT WEEK AND FOR THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO BRIEF THE PRESS ON THE COUNCIL'S
DELIBERATION. END SUMMARY.
PRE-SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION
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3. PRIOR TO THE AFTERNOON ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS, NEW
ZEALAND AS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, CALLED A MEETING
WITH THE AMBASSADORS FROM THE UNITED STATES, NIGERIA,
FRANCE AND THE UK.
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PREPARED LANGUAGE TO IMPLEMENT HIS PROPOSAL MADE IN THE
MORNING SESSION (REFTEL), TO SUSPEND UNAMIR OPERATIONS
IN RWANDA, WHILE LEAVING AN INTERIM UN PRESENCE. THIS
PRESENCE WOULD BE HEADED BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE,
WOULD INCLUDE SUFFICIENT UN MILITARY PERSONNEL TO ENSURE
ITS PROTECTION, AND WOULD CONTINUE THE UNITED NATIONS'
EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE RWANDAN CRISIS. ACCORDING TO THE
UK, THE SECRETARIAT ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 250-300
MILITARY PERSONNEL WOULD BE REQUIRED.
4. FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH THE SECRETARY,
AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT INFORMED THE GROUP THAT WE COULD
ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL OF SUSPENSION.
AGREED TO CONSULT WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF
CAUCUS. THE NAM, HOWEVER, DECIDED THAT THE
SUGGESTION FELL SHORT OF WHAT THEY WANTED, THE
SECRETARY GENERAL'S PREFERRED OPTION FOR ALL OF UNAMIR
MINUS THE BELGIANS TO REMAIN FOR SOME DESIGNATED PERIOD
OF WEEKS TO ENCOURAGE A CEASE FIRE AND RESUMED
NEGOTIATIONS AMONG THE PARTIES. ON THIS BASIS THE
SECURITY COUNCIL MOVED INTO INFORMALS.
SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMALS
5. THE SECURITY COUNCIL CONTINUED INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS
ON THE FUTURE OF UNAMIR ON THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 15.
A/SYG IQBAL RIZA BEGAN BY ADDRESSING ISSUES RAISED IN
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THE SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMALS HELD EARLIER THAT SAME
DAY (REFTEL). WHILE THERE IS OVERT HOSTILITY DIRECTED
AT BELGIUM, UNAMIR FORCES ARE NOT UNDER IMMEDIATE
THREAT. AFTER SOME FIGHTING LAST NIGHT AND EARLY TODAY,
THE AIRPORT IS RELATIVELY SECURE AND QUIET. MOREOVER,
THE FORCE COMMANDER ASKS THAT NO PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
BE MADE ON EITHER THE PROSPECTS OF BELGIUM LEAVING
BEHIND ITS EQUIPMENT OR THE NEUTRALIZATION OF THE
AIRPORT, SINCE THIS WOULD MAKE HIS TASK MORE DIFFICULT.
6. UNAMIR HAS SPONSORED TWO-PARTY DIALOGUES BETWEEN THE
RPF AND THE GOVERNMENT, THE LATTER IS COMPRISED OF THE
COMMANDER OF THE GENDARMERE, WHO HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE
SOME ELEMENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES (AND POSSIBLY THE
PRESIDENTIAL GUARD THROUGH ITS COOPERATION WITH THE
DEFENSE MINISTER).
7. THE FORCE COMMANDER BELIEVES THAT ABRUPT WITHDRAWAL
OF UNAMIR WOULD NOT BE "FEASIBLE, ADVISABLE, OR WISE,"
AND THAT ANY HINT OF WITHDRAWAL MIGHT CAUSE PANIC BY THE
LOCAL POPULATION AND PLACE THE UNAMIR TROOPS IN HARM'S
WAY. AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A WITHDRAWAL OR SUSPENSION,
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RIZA CONTINUED, WOULD CAUSE IMMEDIATE MOVES BY THE
GOVERNMENT AND THE RPF TO TRY TO CAPTURE THE AIRPORT,
WHICH MIGHT PLACE UNAMIR TROOPS IN JEOPARDY. AN ORDERLY
AND SAFE WITHDRAWAL, HE CONCLUDED, WAS PREDICATED ON A
CEASE-FIRE. SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT KEATING LATER
COMMENTED THAT "THE RISKS ASSOCIATED TO UNAMIR ARE A
FUNCTION OF THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND AND SECURITY
COUNCIL ACTIONS." RIZA ALSO NOTED THAT THE UNEXPECTED
ARRIVAL OF THE ITALIAN CONTINGENT HAS POTENTIALLY RAISED
THE SECURITY RISKS, SINCE THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THE
ITALIAN PLANE IS LOADED WITH MERCENARIES; THE FORCE
COMMANDER IS TRYING TO ARRANGE FOR ITS TIMELY DEPARTURE.
8. RIZA THEN ANNOUNCED THAT THE SYG HAS A CLEAR
PREFERENCE FOR "OPTION A" - KEEPING UNAMIR FORCE
STRUCTURE AS IS, WITH STRICT DEADLINES FOR A CEASE-FIRE
AND POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS - WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
MOVING TO "OPTION B" - AN ANGOLA-TYPE SCENARIO THAT
INCLUDES IMMEDIATE DRAWDOWN TO A SKELETAL FORCE, IF
"OPTION A" BECOMES UNWORKABLE.
9. BOTH L
OPTION A.
NNOUNCED THAT THEY SUPPORTED
DTHAT IN ITS COMMUNICATION WITH
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GHANA AND BANGLADESH, THE TWO LARGEST TROOP CONTRIBUTERS
REMAINING AFTER BELGIUM'S DEPARTURE, BOTH INDICATED THAT
THEY WOULD REMAIN.
10. KEATING THEN REVIEWED THE PROSPECT OF OBTAINING A
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION CONCERNING UNAMIR'S FUTURE:
THE SYG PREFERS OPTION A; THE NAM PREFERS A MODIFIED
OPTION A; AND THE UK AND THE US ARE SETTLED ON A
MODIFIED VERSION OF OPTION B. SINCE THE COUNCIL IS
UNABLE TO MAKE A DECISION, KEATING CONTINUED, PERHAPS IT
IS WISE TO USE UNAMIR TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO PUT PRESSURE
ON THE PARTIES; THAT IS, SUGGESTING TO THE PARTIES THAT
UNAMIR'S CONTINUED PRESENCE IS PREDICATED ON A
CEASE-FIRE AND POLITICAL RECONCILIATION.
11. KEATING THEN CIRCULATED A PAPER THAT BECAME THE
BASIS FOR HIS BRIEFING TO THE PRESS ON THE SITUATION IN
RWANDA. AFTER SUGGESTED REVISIONS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS,
THE FOLLOWING BECAME THE BASIS OF KEATING'S BRIEFING:
-- THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE HAD A THOROUGH
DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT THE SITUATION IN RWANDA AND ITS
IMPLICATIONS FOR UNAMIR.
-- IT TOOK CAREFULLY INTO CONSIDERATION INFORMATION
PROVIDED BY THE SECRETARIAT AS FORWARDED BY THE UNAMIR
FORCE COMMANDER AND THE SRSG, AS WELL AS THAT PROVIDED
BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF BELGIUM.
-- COUNCIL MEMBERS TOOK NOTE AND FULLY UNDERSTAND
BELGIUM'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS IN UNAMIR AT
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THE SAME TIME THAT IT IS REPATRIATING THE TROOPS THAT
HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SECURITY FOR THE EVACUATION OF
FOREIGN NATIONALS.
-- THEY ALSO TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE WILLINGNESS OF
OTHER MAJOR TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN
THEIR TROOPS WITH UNAMIR AS LONG AS THERE IS A USEFUL
ROLE FOR THEM TO PERFORM.
-- IN THE COUNCIL'S VIEW, THE IMMEDIATE PRIORITY IN
RWANDA IS A CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT FORCES AND
THE RPF. THE SRSG AND THE FORCE COMMANDER HAVE BEEN IN
CONTACT WITH BOTH PARTIES TO TRY TO SECURE THIS
OBJECTIVE.
-- THE COUNCIL MEMBERS URGE THE SRSG TO MAKE EVERY
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EFFORT TO FACILITATE A CEASE-FIRE. IN THIS REGARD, THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS WELCOMED THE WILLINGNESS OF THE OAU TO
PROMOTE A CEASEFIRE IN RWANDA.
-- THE COUNCIL DEMANDS THAT BOTH THE GOVERNMENT FORCES
AND THE RPF RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE
-- THE MEMBERS REAFFIRMED THAT THE ARUSHA PEACE
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AGREEMENT REMAINS THE ONLY VIABLE FRAMEWORK FOR THE
RESOLUTION OF THE RWANDA CONFLICT AND SERVES AS THE
BASIS FOR PEACE, NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION IN
THE COUNTRY.
-- COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMEND THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE
LEADERS OF THE SUBREGION AT FINDING A SOLUTION TO THE
CRISIS IN RWANDA AND URGE THE LEADERS OF THE REGION TO
PERSEVERE AND INTENSIFY THEIR EFFORTS FOR PEACE, IN
COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE OAU.
-- BUT, THE SITUATION IS GRAVE AND THE COUNCIL IS
DETERMINED NOT TO ALLOW THE SECURITY OF UNAMIR PERSONNEL
TO BE PLACED AT SERIOUS RISK.
-- COUNCIL MEMBERS INTEND TO KEEP UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW
THE FORCE LEVELS AND ACTIVITIES OF UNAMIR AND TO TAKE
DECISIONS IN THIS REGARD AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
ALBRIGHT
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