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FM USMISSION «USUN» NEW YORK
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7660
INFO AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
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JOINT STAFF WASHDC
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USMISSION GENEVA
UNCLAS «USUN» NEW YORK 002855
WHITEHOUSE PASS TO NSC FOR RICE AND STEINBERG;
JOINT STAFF FOR CHAIRMAN, DIR JS, J3;
SECDEF FOR OSD/ISA
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 25 NOV 2003 200301834
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SUBJECT: FRENCH PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES THE SC OF «RWANDA»
1. FRENCH PRIME MINISTER EDOUARD BALLADUR ADDRESSED THE
SC ON THE SITUATION IN «RWANDA». HE WAS ONE OF TWO
SPEAKERS IN THE SC ON JULY 10- THE OTHER WAS
ARGENTINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER D. GUIDO DI TELLA, WHO
EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING OF THE REASONS FOR THE FRENCH
ACTION.
2. BALLADUR SAID FRANCE HOPES TO SEE A BETTER ORGANIZED
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WHICH POSSESSES THE MEANS,
INCLUDING MILITARY MEANS, TO HELP THE RULE OF LAW
PREVAIL. HE POINTED TO THE OVER 7,000 FRENCH TROOPS
SERVING IN UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS AS PROOF OF FRANCE'S
COMMITMENT.
3. MASSACRES, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AND
POSSIBLE DESTABILIZATION OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION ARE
THE REASONS FOR FRENCH ACTION IN ce..RWANDA», BALLADUR SAID.
HE REASSURED THE SC THAT THE FRENCH ACTION IS ENTIRELY
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HUMANITARIAN BASED, AND, AS STATED UNDER RESOLUTION 929,
THE FRENCH ACTION IS BOTH IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER
PARTNERS AND WILL CEASE THE END OF JULY.
4. BALLADUR'S PROGRESS REPORT NOTED THE ALMOST ONE
MILLION REFUGEES WITHIN THE FRENCH AND SENEGALESE SAFE
AREA, AND EVACUATION TO THE SAFE AREA OF ABOUT 1,300
PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES WERE DIRECTLY THREATENED. ALSO,
cd&ULNDA» HAS RECEIVED ALMOST 400 TONS OF HUMANITARIAN AID,
AND HAS AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL IN CYANGUGU.
5. BALLADUR URGED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO
CONTINUE ACTION IN THREE AREAS. HE ASKED MEMBER STATES,
UN HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES AND NGO'S TO INCREASE
HUMANITARIAN AID IN THE SAFE AREA. HE ALSO ASKED MEMBER
STATES TO HELP DEPLOY UNAMIR AS. SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS THE
FRENCH AND SENEGALESE ACTION CAN NOT REPLACE UNAMIR OR
CARRY OUT ITS PEACEKEEPING MISSION AS DECIDED UPON BY
THE SC. LASTLY BALLADUR ASKED THE UN, OAU AND STATES OF
THE GREAT LAKES REGION TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE
RETURN OF THE NUMEROUS REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS,
AND HELP RECONCILE ARUSHA ACCORDS.
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6. BALLADUR REMINDED THE SC THAT FRANCE WAS A CO-SPONSOR
OF RESOLUTION 935 WHICH SET UP A COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY
INTO THE RWANDAN MASSACRES. HE PLEDGED FRANCE WOULD
OFFER WHATEVER INFORMATION IT HAS TO HELP BRING THOSE
WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE TO JUSTICE.
7. THE ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER D. GUIDO DI TELLA ALSO
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GAVE A SHORT SPEECH BEFORE THE SC. HE THANKED FRANCE
FOR THEIR UPDATE ON THE RWANDAN SITUATION, AND SAID THAT
ARGENTINA UNDERSTANDS THE REASONS FOR FRENCH ACTION IN
HE AGREED THAT UNAMIR MUST BE EXPANDED AND
«RWANDA».
DEPLOYED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND SAID cLIES WITHIN THE ARUSHA PEACE ACCORDS.
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