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To:
Kevin C. Aiston
From:
Prudence Bushnell
Subject: Dutch & Belge on Rwanda
Friday
04/28/95 12:15 pm Page:
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Date Received: 04/28/95
Folks -- The Dutch Director of International Cooperation advised me this
morning that the Dutch had suspended only part of their bi-lateral assistance,
which they are planning to reinstate after a parliamentary debate next week.
The paperwork for putting $11m into the UN Trust Fund landed on Pronk's desk
the day after Kabejo. Since he could not (politically) go forward as if
Kabejo had not happened, Pronk signed off on $5.5m with the intention of
putting the remaining $5.5 into the kitty later. They also intend to move
forward on the money they are giving to the judicial system ($5m, I think, but
don't quote me). As to their recommendation to the EC, they are saying that
suspending assistance to Rwanda will not help to achieve the objective of
reconciliation, which is what the assistance is aimed at.
I also called the Belge DCM who said that they were suspending their
bi-lateral aid EXCEPT for that which directly benefits the population and that
which is going into the judicial and legal systems. He thinks this means
about 50% is temporarily withheld, though he did not have the details.
Reinstatement will depend on how the GOR behaves in the short term and the
outcome of the commission of inquiry. The Belge did not provide the EC with
any specific recommendtion except that the decisions of EU members should be
coordinated.
The political directors of the EC met yesterday afternoon; he will call me
when he determines the outcome.
Now, as to the World Bank and Rwanda
and the impass before which they
find themselves, in the discussion with the Dutch this morning, Kim Jaycox
said that the team now in Kigali (who do not appear to be the most energetic
of folks) will try to get the GOR to agree to the French firm as the
procurement agent (and as they had initially agreed). If that does not work,
they will try Option 2: agreement to a merger (for this purpose) of the French
and the next contender, a British firm; Option 3: agreement to do business
with a subsidiary of the French firm, located in Luxumberg; Option 4: find a
way to use the UN Trust Fund to finance an agent -- this means getting the GOR
to agree to ask.
Steve: I suggest that when Towney & David see the GOR again next week, they
'press for a SWIFT resolution of this affair. We should also stay in touch
with the WB here so that the issue does not fall into the cracks again.
Cheers.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 14 MAY 2007 200103014
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