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P 081503Z MAR 95
FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO AMEMBASSY KIGALI PRIORITY
SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3195
INFO RWANDA COLLECTIVE
JOINT STAFF WASHDC
SECDEF WASHDC
WHITEHOUSE WASHDC
UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
CONFIDENTIALUSUN NEW YORK 000870
KIGALI FOR DATT
WHITEHOUSE PASS TO NSC FOR RICE AND STEINBERG;
JOINT STAFF FOR CHAIRMAN, DIR JS, J3;
SECDEF FOR OSD/ISA
DEPT ALSO FOR AF, IO/UNP AND IO/PHO, L/UNA AND USUN/W
E.0.12356: AFTER ADOPTION OF SC RESOLUTION ON EMBARGO
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TAGS: ETTC, UNSC, MARR, PREL, RW, UN
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 15 SEP 2008 200103014
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SUBJECT: RWANDAN ARMS EMBARGO: PERM 5 VIEWS
REF: A) USUN 816, B) STATE 45527, C) KIGALI 596
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2. SUMMARY: AMB. INDERFURTH MET WITH PERM FIVE
REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 7 TO DISCUSS MODIFYING THE ARMS
EMBARGO AGAINST RWANDA. P-5 ARE WILLING TO WORK TOWARDS
A RESOLUTION DETAILING SPECIFIC GOODS WHICH COULD BE
EXEMPT FROM THE EMBARGO. THE NEXT STEP WILL BE FOR GOR
TO PROVIDE US WITH A LIST OF COMMODITIES THEY NEED. END
SUMMARY.
3. USUN AMB. INDERFURTH PRESENTED THE TALKING POINTS IN
REF B TO P-5 DEPUTY PERMREPS AND INFORMED THEM OF OUR
INITIAL CONSULTATIONS WITH RWANDAN PERMREP BAKURAMUTSA
(REF A). FRENCH DPR LADSOUS SAID FRANCE WOULD PREFER
NOT TO TOUCH THE EMBARGO AT ALL, AS THEY BELIEVE
RELAXATION OF THE EMBARGO WILL DETER REFUGEES FROM
FEELING CONFIDENT ABOUT RETURNING TO RWANDA. THE
INCURSIONS ACROSS THE BORDERS INTO RWANDA WERE
SMALL-SCALE AND DID NOT POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO
RWANDA'S SECURITY. THEREFORE, THERE WAS NO REASON FOR
RWANDA TO REARM. HOWEVER, FRANCE WOULD NOT OPPOSE A
RESOLUTION WHICH SPECIFIED A LIMITED LIST OF EQUIPMENT
WHICH COULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE EMBARGO.
4. RUSSIAN DPR SIDOROV DOUBTED THE LEGAL NEED FOR A
RESOLUTION, INDICATING THAT THE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
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COULD TAKE DECISIONS TO ALLOW NON-LETHAL EQUIPMENT INTO
RWANDA. RUSSIA IS NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT TINKERING WITH
THE EMBARGO. UK DPR GOMERSALL DISAGREED WITH THE U.S.
DESIRE TO SEND A POLITICAL SIGNAL OF SUPPORT FOR THE
GOR, WHICH REFUGEES COULD INTERPRET AS A SPUR TO PREPARE
TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. GOMERSALL ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE
GOR HAD NOT INDICATED TO THE UK THAT THEY WANTED AN SC
RESOLUTION ON LOOSENING THE EMBARGO. (COMMENT: AMB.
BAKURAMUTSA INTENDS TO APPROACH ALL P-5 MEMBERS SHORTLY
TO LOBBY FOR A RESOLUTION. END COMMENT) THE UK DOES
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NOT SUPPORT A GENERAL LIFTING OF THE EMBARGO. THE
SANCTIONS COMMITTEE SHOULD COMPILE OF LIST OF NON-LETHAL
EQUIPMENT WHICH COULD SERVE AS SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR
FUTURE COMMITTEE ACTION TO GRANT EXEMPTIONS TO THE
EMBARGO. THE COUNCIL COULD ENDORSE THEIR RECOMMENDATION
THROUGH A RESOLUTION.
5. CHINA EXPRESSED A GENERAL WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER
LIFTING EMBARGOES WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT, ALTHOUGH
THEY HAD NO INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. THEY
WERE WILLING TO DISCUSS TIMING AND FORMAT OF SC ACTION,
AND POINTED OUT THAT THE OPINION OF THE GOR AND
NEIGHBORING GOVERNMENTS WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM. AMB.
INDERFURTH COUNTERED SOME OF THE REMARKS OF THE FRENCH
AND RUSSIANS, NOTING THAT ALTHOUGH INCURSIONS WERE
SMALL-SCALE AT THIS POINT, WE HAD OBSERVED MILITARY
TRAINING IN ZAIRE. HE REITERATED THAT THE USG INTENTION
WAS A PARTIAL LIFTING OF THE EMBARGO RELATED TO
NON-LETHAL EQUIPMENT, NOT REARMAMENT BY THE GOR.
SENDING A POLITICAL SIGNAL THROUGH A RESOLUTION COULD
HELP BUILD CONFIDENCE IN THE GOR.
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6. NEXT STEPS. USUN RECOMMENDS THAT EMBASSY KIGALI
CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF THE RWANDAN MINISTRY OF
DEFENSE AND URGE THEM TO PROVIDE USG A DETAILED LIST OF
THE NON-LETHAL EQUIPMENT THEY WANT TO IMPORT. WE HAVE
ALREADY APPROACHED THE RWANDAN PERMEEP ON THIS POINT.
THIS LIST COULD THEN BE INCORPORATED INTO A DRAFT
RESOLUTION, WHICH COULD INCLUDE PREAMBULAR LANGUAGE
SENDING THE DESIRED POLITICAL SIGNALS OF MEASURED
SATISFACTION WITH EFFORTS OF THE GOR AND CONCERN AT THE
CONTINUED FRAGILE SITUATION. THIS COURSE OF ACTION,
WHILE A LITTLE CIRCUITOUS, SHOULD MEET THE CONCERNS
RAISED BY THE BRITISH AND FRENCH.
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