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INFO USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY
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STATE FOR RP, AF/C, AMD AF/RA
AID FOR AF/EA AND OFDA
GENEVA FOR RMA AND AID
ADDIS ABABA FOR OFDA/FARNSWORTH
ROME FOR WFP
YAOUNDE AND BUJUMBURA FOR DATT
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SUBJECT: BURUWDI REFUGEES: NUMBERS UP, COORDINATION
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L. MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 19 NOV 2002 200003723
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COMING TOGETHER
REF: (A) GENEVA 10107, (B) KIGALI 3935
1. SUMMARY. EMBASSY RECOMMENDS EARLY, SUBSTANTIAL
CONTRIBUTION TO UNHCR'S URGENT ADVANCE APPEAL (REF
A). UNHCR'S NEW PLANNING FIGURE FOR BURUNDI REFUGEES
IN RWANDA IS 375,000. UNHCR HAS 15 ADDITIONAL STAFF
ON THE GROUND, IS DEPLOYED IN THE FIELD AND SECTOR
ASSESSMENTS ARE UNDERWAY. ASSISTANCE COORDINATION IS
COMING TOGETHER VIA REGULAR SECTORAL AND REGIONAL
COORDINATION MEETINGS. UNHCR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
AFRICA, ANDREW SOKIRI, WHO IS PURSUING POLITICAL
DISCUSSIONS WITH RWANDAN AND BURUNDIAN OFFICIALS,
LEFT FOR BUJUMBURA 11/4. DONOR MEETING TO BE CALLED
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. END SUMMARY.
2. ADVANCE APPEAL. EMBASSY RECOMMENDS USG RESPOND
QUICKLY WITH A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO UNHCR'S
URGENT ADVANCE APPEAL FOR USD 17 MILLION FOR THE
BURUNDI REFUGEE EMERGENCY. SO FAR THE EMBASSY HAS
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ANNOUNCED ITS EMERGENCY DECLARATION AMOUNT OF USD •
25,000. FRANCE, BELGIUM, CANADA, AND SWITZERLAND
HAVE ALREADY ANNOUNCED SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN
CASH AND KIND, MUCH OF WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN
AIRLIFTED INTO THE COUNTRY. NOTE: UNHCR'S DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR AFRICA, ANDREW SOKIRI, WHO HAS JUST
COMPLETED A 2-DAY VISIT, TOLD DCM THAT UNHCR
ESTIMATED IT WOULD NEED USD 17-20 MILLION FOR THREE
MONTHS, ALTHOUGH THIS TIME-FRAME IS NOT MENTIONED IN
THE UNHCR SOLICITATION. END NOTE.
3. NUMBERS. UNHCR HAS INCREASED ITS PLANNING FIGURE
FOR BURUNDI REFUGEES IN RWANDA TO 375,000.
GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES ALREADY EXCEED 400,000.
EMERGENGY PLALNING SPECIALIST TOLD DOC THAT CONTRARY
TO HIS EARLIER IMPRESSIONS, HE BELIEVES GOVERNMENT
ESTIMATES REFLECT REALITY.
4. HCR STAFF ARRIVES. UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE
RODRIGUEZ TOLD DCM THAT 15 STAFF PERSONS ARRIVED TO
HELP WITH THE REFUGEE EMERGENCY. TWO HAVE ALREADY
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ESTABLISHED A SUB-OFFICE IN BUTARE TO COVER THE
PREFECTURES OF BUTARE, GIKONGORO, AND CYANGUGU; TWO
ARE COVERING BUGESERA (SOUTH OF KIGALI) AND KIBUNGO
FROM KIGALI; TWO WILL GO TO ZAIRE; AND TWO ARE
PROTECTION OFFICERS. FOUR ARE TSS SECTOR SPECIALISTS
WHO ARE CURRENTLY CONDUCTING SECTOR ASSESSMENTS.
5. COORDINATION. REGIONAL PLANNING MEETINGS AMD
REGULAR SECTORAL MEETINGS IN KIGALI ARE CONTRIBUTING
TO IMPROVED COORDINATION AMONG THE VARIOUS NGO'S THAT
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HAVE BEGUN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE REFUGEES. THE
SECRETARIAT OF THE GOVERNMENT-NGO-DONOR CRISIS
COMMITTEE FOR THE DISPLACED IS CONTINUING TO COMPILE
AMD DISSEMINATE TO INTERESTED PARTIES DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT WHO IS DOING WHAT, WHERE. UNHCR
PROMISED DCM THAT IT WOULD CALL A DONOR BRIEFING FOR
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
6. FOOD. DISPLACED IN THE NORTH HAVE BEGUN TO
COMPLAIN THAT THEIR FOOD IS BEING DIVERTED TO THE
REFUGEE EMERGENCY IN THE SOUTH. WFP ASSURED DONORS '
AND HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT AN 11/4 MEETING THAT
THIS IS NOT/NOT THE CASE AND THAT ENOUGH FOOD IS IN
THE PIPELINE TO ASSURE THAT THIS WILL NOT/NOT
HAPPEN. COMMENT. EMBASSY/USAID WILL MONITOR THE
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FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI
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INFO USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY
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STATE FOR RP, AF/C, AMD AF/RA
AID FOR AF/EA AND OFDA
GENEVA FOR RMA AND AID
ADDIS ABABA FOR OFDA/FARNSWORTH
ROME FOR WFP
YAOUNDE AND BUJUMBURA FOR DATT
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SUBJECT: BURUWDI REFUGEES: NUMBERS UP, COORDINATION
FOOD SITUATION CLOSELY. THE PROBLEM WILL COME IF THE
FOOD BORROWED FROM STOCKS FOR THE DISPLACED CANNOT BE
REPLENISHED BY THE TIME THEY ARE NEEDED IN THE
NORTH. END COMMENT.
7. REFUGEE IMPACT. UNMCR PLANNERS ARE CONSCIOUS OF
THE NEED TO TAKE THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL POPULATION
INTO CONSIDERATION IN IMPLEMENTING ASSISTANCE TO THE
REFUGEES. WITH THE CURRENT HARVEST SEASON
JEOPARDIZED BY DELAYED RAINS, WHICH NOW APPEAR TO
HAVE STARTED IN MOST AREAS, FOOD WILL PRESENT THE
BIGGEST ISSUE. THIS, UNHCR BELIEVES, SHOULD BE LEFT
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TO WFP AND THE GOVERNMENT TO WORK OUT. MEDICINES AND
MEDICAL SERVICES ARE LIKELY TO BE ANOTHER CONTENTIOUS
ISSUE. LOCAL PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR SERVICES
(BAMAKO PLAN), WHILE THE REFUGEES WOULD BE RECEIVING
FREE SERVICES UNHCR IS CONSIDERING A STRATEGY
WHEREBY REFUGEE MEDICAL SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED IN
THB CAMPS. THIS MAY CONFLICT WITH THE BELGIAN RED
CROSS WHICH INTENDS TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL CLINICS TO
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PROVIDE SERVICES TO REFUGEES AND LOCAL PEOPLE.
8. POLITICS. SOKIRI, ALONG WITH UNHCR'S DESK
OFFICER FOR RWANDA, DANIEL TSHITUNGI, HAVE BEEN
MEETING OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS WITH RWANDAN OFFICIALS
AND ASSISTAWCE AGENCIES IN AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN A
READ-OUT ON RWAMDA'S APPRECIATION OF THE SITUATION. •
THEY DEPARTED FOR BURUNDI MORNING 11/4. THE MESSAGE
THEY ARE GETTING IS THAT, UNLESS SECURITY CAN BE
ASSURED IN THEIR HOME AREAS, THE REFUGEES ARE
UNLIKELY TO RETURN HOME ANY TIME SOON. THEY ARE ALSO
GAINING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTIMATE LINK BETWEEN'
WHAT HAPPENS IN BURUNDI AND THE SECURITY SITUATION IN
RWANDA.
9. BURUNDI MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
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