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WHITEHOUSE PASS TO NSC FOR RICE AND DESHAZER;
JOINT STAFF FOR CHAIRMAN, DIR JS, J3;
SECDEF FOR OSD/ISA
E.0.12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: MARR, PREF, PREL, PHUM, MOPS, PGOV, RW, UNSC
SUBJECT: RWANDA: MAY 12 COUNCIL INFORMALS
REF: USUN 2015
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
DATE/CASE ID: 06 MAY 2011 201005065
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1. CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT
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SUMMARY: ON MAY 12 THE COUNCIL FOCUSED ON THE DRAFT
2.
RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN REFTEL. DISCUSSION CENTERED ON
THE MANDATE OF AN EXPANDED UN PRESENCE, WITH MOST
MEMBERS FAVORING A STRICTLY HUMANITARIAN OPERATION. A
WORKING GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED TO CONTINUE REVISING THE
RESOLUTION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT GAMBARI SAID HE HOPED TO
VOTE ON A RESOLUTION FRIDAY, MAY 13; IF THE COUNCIL IS
NOT READY, HE ANTICIPATES HOLDING A SATURDAY SESSION.
END SUMMARY.
3. USYG GHAREEHAN BRIEFED THE COUNCIL ON RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS. HE SAID RPF TROOPS IN THE SOUTH HAD
ADVANCED WESTWARD, RESTRICTING UNAMIR'S MOVEMENTS. UN
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES AYALA-LASSO APPEALED FOR
A CEASEFIRE ON RWANDAN RADIO, PRESSED THE HEAD OF THE
RWANDAN ARMED FORCES TO RELEASE HOSTAGES IN KIGALI.S
STADIUM, AND HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI. HE
SAID THE SYG HAD FIRM OFFERS OF TROOPS FROM TANZANIA,
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GHANA AND NIGERIA, PLUS A TENTATIVE OFFER FROM A FOURTH
COUNTRY (PROBABLY SENEGAL OR UGANDA), BUT DID NOT YET
KNOW THE NUMBERS OFFERED.
4. COUNCIL PRESIDENT GAMBARI REPORTED ON HIS MEETINGS
WITH RPF AND GOR REPRESENTATIVES- BOTH WANT AN EXPANDED
UN PRESENCE; THE GOVERNMENT WANTS A BIGGER OPERATION
WITH A WIDER MANDATE, WHILE THE RPF WANTS A SMALLER
FORCE WITH A NARROWER MANDATE CONFINED TO HUMANITARIAN
SUPPORT.
5. FRANCE, UK, RUSSIA, CHINA, NEW ZEALAND, ARGENTINA,
SPAIN AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC SPOKE IN FAVOR OF A FOCUSED
HUMANITARIAN MANDATE ALONG THE LINES OF THE NEW ZEALAND
DRAFT RESOLUTION, WHICH INCLUDED THE PROTECTION OF
CIVILIANS IN SAFE AREAS AND THE PROTECTED DELIVERY OF
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. THE OMANI AND RWANDAN
DELEGATES SPOKE IN FAVOR OF AN EXPANDED POLITICAL
COMPONENT, STATING THAT WITHOUT A CEASEFIRE, NO UN
ASSISTANCE WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
FOR
6. AMBASSADOR INDERFURTH PRESSED THE SECRETARIAT
INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESOURCES TO BE USED TO CARRY OUT
THE MANDATE. HE ASKED FOR INFORMATION ON TROOP
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STRENGTH, CAPABILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND HOW QUICKLY
THEY COULD BE DEPLOYED. HE ALSO URGED CONSIDERATION OF
WHICH COUNTRIES COULD PROVIDE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR THE
TROOPS DEPLOYED. USYG GHAREKHAN SAID THE SECRETARIAT
WOULD PROVIDE A FORMAL REPORT WITH A PRELIMINARY BUDGET
TOMORROW, MAY 13.
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FRANCE,
THE
UK,
RUSSIA, NEW ZEALAND AND ARGENTINA
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SAID THE COUNCIL SHOULD EITHER ADOPT A RESOLUTION
ESTABLISHING AN ARMS EMBARGO, WHICH THEY FAVOR, OR IF
UNABLE, STICK WITH THE CURRENT UNSC STATEMENT ON THE
SUBJECT.
8. REFERRING TO PARAGRAPH 14 OF THE DRAFT RESOLUTION,
THE FRENCH REPRESENTATIVE SAID THE COUNCIL WAS NOT YET
PREPARED TO LAUNCH AN EFFORT TO PROSECUTE THOSE
RESPONSIBLE FOR GENOCIDE, AND WOULD NEED A SPECIFIC PLAN
SUCH AS THAT ADOPTED FOR THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL FOR
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. THE RWANDAN REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT
IF AN INQUIRY WERE TO BE CONDUCTED, IT SHOULD COVER THE
ENTIRE CONFLICT, SINCE OCTOBER 1, 1990, INSTEAD OF
BEGINNING WITH THE RECENT OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES.
9. THE NEW ZEALAND PERMREP SAID THAT A UN OPERATION
COULD NOT FEASIBLY CARRY OUT ITS MANDATE IF IT HAS TO
SEEK THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES AT EVERY TURN. THE
OPERATION SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED UNDER CHAPTER VII. THE
CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT WHILE THE OPERATTIMT
CANNOT RELY ON TOTAL CONSENT, IT MUST SEEK COOPERATION
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FROM THE PARTIES AND SHOULD BE A CHAPTER VI OPERATION 10. THE UK PERMREP STATED THAT UNAMIR, ITS FORCE
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COMMANDER AND UN HEADQUARTERS SHOULD BE GIVEN MAXIMUM
OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY, I.E. THEY SHOULD DETERMINE
WHETHER THE TROOPS START IN KIGALI AND WORK OUTWARDS OR
START AT THE BORDER AND WORK TOWARD KIGALI. "DON'T PUT
THEM IN A STRAITJACKET," HE SAID. THE SPANISH PERMREP
SAID HIS GOVERNMENT FAVORED A PHASED FORCE DEPLOYMENT.
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