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1.
CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT
2. SUMMARY: USUN MILAD CLONTZ ATTENDED UNAMIR
CONTRIBUTORS MEETING 28 JUN. THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED
BY UN USYG ANNAN. USUN REVIEWED STATUS OF REQUESTS
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AND ITEMS PROVIDED, NOTED SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF
EQUIPMENT ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT DEPLOYMENT OF
ADDITIONAL TROOPS FOR UNAMIR, AND ENCOURAGED OTHERS
TO COMMIT RESOURCES ASAP TO UNAMIR REQUIREMENTS.
TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT OFFERED WERE WELL BELOW
REQUIREMENTS FOR UNAMIR. END SUMMARY.
BACKGROUND
3. IN EARLIER MEETINGS, USYG ANNAN HAD STRESSED THAT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
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DATE/CASE ID: 06 MAY 2011 201005065
UNCLASSIFIED
GHANA WOULD NOT, IN HIS VIEW, ACTUALLY FIELD
UNCLASSIFIED
ADDITIONAL TROOPS WITHOUT THE PROVISION OF US
EQUIPMENT. ON A SEPARATE ISSUE, UN MILAD BARIL
ADVISED THAT THE ADDITIONAL 40 M113 APCS WERE
REQUESTED FOR UNIMIR FROM THE US FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE, NO OTHER COUNTRY HAD COME FORTH WITH A
SUBSTANTIVE OFFER. TWO, THE UNAMIR FORCE COMMANDER
NATURALLY FINDS IT IMPORTANT TO STANDARDIZE HIS
MAJOR EQUIPMENT ITEMS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE TO
FACILITATE MAINTENANCE, LOGISTICS, AND TRAINING.
4. CURRENTLY, OUTH AFRICA HAS OFFERED VEHICLES THAT
ARE BEST DESCRIBED AS LIGHTLY ARMORED TRUCKS. THE
UN IS CONSIDERING HAVING THE SOUTH AFRICANS EQUIP
THE ZIMBABWIAN TROOPS BUT TO USE US APCS WITH THIS
FORCE. THE SOUTH AFRICAN VEHICLES WOULD BE UTILIZED
TO EQUIP A THIRD (MOTORIZED) BATTALION TO JOIN
UNAMIR. FROM WHICH DONOR COUNTRY THIS THIRD
BATTALION WILL COME IS NOT YET ESTABLISHED.
28 JUNE MEETING
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5. ANNAN OPENED THE MEETING REEMPHASIZING THAT THE
FRENCH HAVE DEPLOYED UNDER A HUMANITARIAN MANDATE.
UNAMIR STAFF FROM
UNFORTUNATELY, ACCORDING TO ANNAN
TOGO, EGYPT, SENEGAL, AND CONGO WERE WITHDRAWN FROM
KIGALI DUE TO RPF THREATS. THE RPF SAID THAT THESE
COUNTRIES WERE MOST LIKELY TO OFFER TROOPS TO THE
FRENCH.
6. ANNAN SAID THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF UNAMIR
REMAIN CONSTANT, BUT HE COMPLAINED THAT EVEN THOUGH
50 COUNTRIES WERE APPROACHED THE RESULTS WERE
"DISAPPOINTING." IN HIS OPINION, THE UN WAS "NO
ANNAN
WHERE NEAR" DEPLOYING A REINFORCED UNAMIR.
REEMPHASIZED HIS POINT IN A PAPER TITLE "UNAMIR
TROOPS CONTRIBUTION STATUS AS OF 28 JUNE 1994".
QUOTE FOLLOWS:
1) THE SECRETARIAT HAS APPROACHED SINCE 12 OF MAY
1994 OVER 50 TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES WITH THE
FOLLOWING RESULTS AS OF 27 JUNE 1994:
A) SO FAR THE FOLLOWING FIRM COMMITMENTS HAVE
UNCLASSIFIED
BEEN RECEIVED:
UNCLASSIFIED
1) FOR A MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION (800
MILITARY PERSONNEL EACH)
- GHANA AND SENEGAL - WITH SOME LACK OF
EQUIPMENT
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- SUB TOTAL: 1,600 MILITARY PERSONNEL
2) FOR A MOTORIZED INFANTRY BATTALION (800
MILITARY PERSONNEL EACH)
- ETHIOPIA WITH EQUIPMENT
- ZAMBIA AND ZIMBABWE - WITHOUT EQUIPMENT
- TUNISIA (500-600 MILITARY PERSONNEL WITH
INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT ONLY)
- SUBTOTAL: 3000 MILITARY PERSONNEL
WITHOUT EQUIPMENT)
- CONGO, MALAWI, MALI, AND NIGERIA
- SUBTOTAL: 550 MILITARY PERSONNEL
4) TOTAL NUMBER OF INFANTRY MILITARY PERSONNEL
AVAILABLE 5,150 (REQUIRED 4,000)
5) FOR A SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNICATION COMPANY
(UP TO 350 PERSONNEL). A RECON TEAM IS PRESENTLY IN
RWANDA
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- CANADA
6) OTHERS
- CANADA: IS PROVIDING TWO C-130 AIRCRAFT
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- FRANCE: 9 LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES (PANHARD M3)
INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT (UNIFORMS, MACHINE GUNS,
AMUNITION(AS A GIFT TO SENEGAL), AND 20 FUEL AND
WATER TRUCKS (SELL
TO UN)
- ITALY: WILL PROVIDE ONE AIRCRAFT (MOST
PROBABLY C-130)
- NETHERLANDS: A FOKKER 27 AT A DATE TO BE
DETERMINED.
- SOUTH AFRICA: 50 APCS (COMMENT: ACTUALLY
LIGHTLY ARMORED TRUCKS. END COMMENT)
- UK: 50 TRUCKS FOR INFANTRY AND CARGO
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- USA 50 APCS
B) IN THE MEANTIME FIVE COUNTRIES HAVE SHOWN
STRONG INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING BUT WITHOUT FIRM
COMMITMENT SO FAR.
1) AUSTRALIA: ONE MEDICAL COMPANY. A RECON
TEAM WILL BE SENT TO UNAMIR AND UN HQ NEW YORK AFTER
LST WEEK OF JULY 1994.
2) ITALY: 20 WATER/FUEL TRUCKS
3) ROMANIA: A SURGICAL TEAM (20 PERSONNEL)
4) RUSSIA: 8 TRANSPORT HELICOPTERS AND A NUMBER
OF HEAVY TRANSPORT CARGO AIRCRAFT FOR TRANSPORTATION
OF TROOPS AND ALSO TO SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN
ACTIVITIES.
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2. REGARDING INDUCTION OF APCS TO UNAMIR WHICH THE
SECRETARIAT IS EXECUTING IS AS FOLLOWS:
A) 30 AMERICAN APCS (OUT OF 50) HAVE ARRIVED IN
ENTEBBE. IT IS PLANNED TO INDUCT 6 APCS PER DAY
INTO KIGALI STARTING TOMORROW.
B) 10 ADDITIONAL UN APCS FROM UNOSOM WERE
AIRLIFTED TO ENTEBBE AND 5 OF THEM ARE PRESENTLY IN
KIGALI.
3. REGARDING INDUCTION OF TROOPS TO UNAMIR WHICH
THE SECRETARIAT HAS PLANNED SO FAR IS AS FOLLOWS:
A) PLANNED DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE
CONTINGENT PRESENTLY
IN UNAMIR
GHANA
(INF BAT)
314
TUNISIA
(INF COY)
40
ZIMBABWE
MID JULY END OF JULY
800
486(1)
60
20
150(1)
SUBTOTAL
650(1)
800
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(INF BAT)
800(2)
80Q
350(3)
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ETHIOPIA
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CANADA
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354
656
1010
1800
2810
2810
(1) SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT'S FINAL DECISION
(2) SUBJECT TO AIRLIFT DEPLOYMENT CAPABILITY
(3) SUBJECT TO OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
B) OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE YET TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT
INFORMATION TO ENABLE UN TO PLAN THEIR DEPLOYMENT.
C) PARTICIPATION BY SENEGAL AND CONGO WOULD BE
CONSIDERED AFTER THE FRENCH WITHDRAWAL FROM RWANDA .
END QUOTE.
7) AFTER THE STATES REVIEWED THE PAPER, BARIL
CONTINUED THAT THE LOGISTICS CONCEPT IS NOW FIRM.
HE NOTED THAT THIS WEEKEND THE GHANAIANS WOULD
DEPLOY (LATER REFUTED BY THE GHANIAN REP). HE SAID
THE MAIN LOGISTICS BASE ISIN ENTEBBE AND THAT THE
USG PROVIDED APCS WOULD START MOVING TO KIGALI AT A
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8) REMINDING ALL THAT UNAMIR IS ON TIGHT SCHEDULE
ANNAN OPENED THE FLOOR:
- CANADA: NOTED THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND HIGHLIGHTED
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THEIR CONCERN THAT MORE COUNTRIES NEEDED TO
CONTRIBUTE. THE REP RELAYED THAT THE RECON TEAM IS
IN KIGALI TODAY PLANNING THE MID-JULY UNIT
DEPLOYMENT. THE REP ALSO ASKED IF THE FRENCH COULD
ELABORATE ON COORDINATION BETWEEN OPERATION
TURQUOISE AND UNAMIR.
FRANCE: CAUTIONED THAT NO ONE SHOULD EXPECT
"SPECTACULAR" RESULTS AS THE FRENCH ARE PURSUING A
PRUDENT AND SLOW COURSE.
- BARIL ADDED THAT OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS A FRENCH
OFFICER FROM THE OPERATION HAS BEEN AT THE UN TO
UNCLASSIFIED
ENSURE COORDINATION. HE ADDED THAT FIELD PHONE
NUMBERS HAVE BEEN EXCHANGED AND THAT THE UNAMIR
FORCE COMMANDER AND THE FRENCH OPERATIONAL COMMANDER
ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT. BARIL HIGHLIGHTED THAT
UNAMIR'S AREA IS KIGALI WHILE THE FRENCH WILL
OPERATE WITHIN THE RGF AREAS "AWAY FROM THE
CONFRONTATION LINE".
- GHANA: DELIVERED THE BOMBSHELL BY EXPRESSING ITS
SURPRISE OF BARIL'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEIR TROOPS
WOULD DEPLOY THIS WEEKEND. THE REP EMPHASIZED THAT
HIS GOVERNMENT EXPRESSED A "WILLINGNESS" BUT HADN'T
"PLEDGED" TO DEPLOY TROOPS. IN HIS WORDS, GHANA
WOULD DEPLOY TROOPS WHEN ITS LOGISTICAL NEEDS WERE
MET - WHICH WERE BEING HOPEFULLY SUPPLIED BY THE UN
AND US.
-
ANNAN TOLD THE GHANIAN THAT THE SITUATION HAS
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MOVED QUICKLY AND THAT GHANA NEEDS TO MAKE A
DECISION, AS PHASE 1 DEPENDS ON THEM.
- USG: US MILAD REVIEWED US CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE,
ADVISED OF REQUEST
S UNDER CONSIDERATION.
- NIGERIA: CORRECTED THE 120 FIGURE AND SAID THEY
WILL DEPLOY 250-300 PERSONNEL WITH EQUIPMENT BY THE
END OF JULY.
- ITALY: STATED THAT IT HAS DONATED $10 MILLION TO
SUPPORT AGENCIES AND IS AWAITING INFORMATION FROM
ROME ON SUPPLYING THE C-130, 20 WATER TRUCKS, AND A
SMALL MAINTENANCE AND TRAINING TEAM.
- NETHERLANDS: THE REP SAID THE REQUEST FOR THE
FOKKER IS IN THE "UN'S COURT". HE ALSO RELAYED THAT
THE FRENCH HAVE REQUESTED USE OF THE AIRCRAFT. IN
HIS OPINION, IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE FRENCH IF
IT DID NOT INTERFERE WITH UNAMIR.
FRENCH STRICTLY BECAUSE ITS A HUMANITARIAN MISSION.
HE NOTED THAT SENEGAL "WOULD PARTICIPATE WITH ANY
COUNTRY DOING THIS TYPE OF MISSION - NOT JUST
FRANCE".
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- UK: CONFIRMED THEY WILL SEND 50 TRUCKS
- MALAWI: IN A VERY COMPLAINING TONE, MALAWI SAID
THEY ARE WILLING TO DEPLOY 100-120 TROOPS - BUT THEY
WILL NEED TO BE UN EQUIPPED.
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- CONGO: THE CONGO REP SAID THEY HAVE TROOPS BUT
ALSO NEED EQUIPMENT.
- ANNAN - IN A UNUSUALLY ANGERED TONE - SAID "WE
ARE NOT DOING WELL, SO PERHAPS WE WILL GO AROUND THE
TABLE AND ASK THOSE THAT ARE PERHAPS TOO SHY TO
SHAPE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS". WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
SOUTH AFRICA, ALL DEFERRED TO AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS
FROM THEIR CAPITALS. SOUTH AFRICA SAID THEY ARE
WORKING ON SUPPLYING THE 50 VEHICLES.
- BARIL SAID THE UN CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH
TO FIELD A REINFORCED UNAMIR.
- ANNAN AGAIN IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS SAID WHEN THE
UN REQUESTS FORCES THAT THEY NEED ARMED AND EQUIPPED
UNITS. HE SAID THAT THE MEMBER STATES KNOW THAT THE
UN DOES NOT HAVE VAST SUPPLIES OF EQUIPMENT AND THAT
WHEN NATIONS ASK THE UN TO FULLY EQUIP THEM THEY ARE
SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
SYSTEM. HE APPEALED FOR ALL THE ATTENDEES TO GO
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PROVIDE. ANNAN SAID THE UN MAY PROVIDE HEAVY
EQUIPMENT NOT IN THE COUNTRY'S INVENTORY, BUT AGAIN
REQUESTED "REASONABLE LISTS".
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A. TROOP CONTRIBUTORS:
MAXIMUM EFFORT SHOULD BE DEVOTED TOWARDS
THEIR IMMINENT DEPLOYMENT, WITH EXISTING RESOURCES.
THE PRINCIPLE ITEM REQUESTED BY GHANA, THE APCS, HAS
BEEN PROVIDED.
THE USG SHOULD UNDERLINE ITS APPRECIATION FOR
GHANA'S PARTICIPATION BUT ALSO USG SUPPORT FOR THE
UN IN ITS JUDGEMENT AS TO WHAT IT IS WILLING TO
PROVIDE FOR THE MISSION.
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B1
- ZIMBABWE HAS COMMITTED IN PRINCIPLE BUT NO
DEFINITIVE NUMBERS OR DATES HAVE BEEN OFFERED. THEY
SHOULD BE URGED TO DO SO. SOUTH AFRICA HAS INDICATED
A STRONG INCLINATION TO SUPPORT THE MAJORITY OF THE
ZIMBABWEAN NEEDS. CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO
A DEMARCHE IN CAPITALS, FIRST IN SOUTH AFRICA TO
SOLIDIFY EQUIPMENT SUPPORT, THEN JOINTLY WITH SOUTH
AFRICA TO ZIMBABWE FOR TROOPS AND A TIME TABLE.
- NIGERIA HAS INDICATED WILLINGNESS TO DEPLOY
BY THE END OF JULY WITH MINIMUM ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
TUNISIA AND ETHIOPIA HAVE LONG LISTS OF EQUIPMENT
REQUIREMENTS AS THE PRICE OF THEIR PARTICIPATION,
BUT MAY BE APPROACHABLE BILATERALLY TO REDUCE THEIR
LISTS.
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B. EQUIPMENT CONTRIBUTORS: THE FRENCH SHOULD
BE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO EQUIP THE SENEGALESE
BEYOND THEIR TROOPS IN OPERATION TURQUOISE.
POTENTIAL MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS WHO WERE MOST EMPHATIC
IN SUPPORTING THIS MISSION IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL
BUT HAVE YET TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND
THUS SHOULD BE CONTACTED IN CAPITALS, INCLUDE NEW
ZEALAND, SPAIN, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. ADDITIONALLY,
NO FIRM COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN PLEDGED FROM THE
FOLLOWING MEMBER STATES WHO ARE LIKELY IN A MATERIAL
POSITION TO DO SO AND COULD BE APPROACHED IN
CAPITALS: RUSSIA, THE NETHERLANDS, BRAZIL,
AUSTRALIA, AND THE PRC.
TWO PRIMARY
C. FOR THE USG: THE UN NOW HAS
PROBLEMS IN MOUNTING THIS OPERATION. ONE IS TH
E
SHORTAGE OF EQUIPMENT, WHICH THE USG IS ADDRESSING
IN LARGE MEASURE. THE OTHER IS THE REPEATED LOSS OF
TIME AND INITIATIVE IN DEPLOYING A FORCE. IN
LINKING THESE TWO, THE USG CAN ASSIST THE PROCESS BY
COMPLETING ITS REVIEW OF OUTSTANDING EQUIPMENT
REQUESTS AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE AND PROVIDE
THE UN, AND OTHERS VIA BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, A
DEFINITIVE LIST OF WHAT THE USG WILL AND WILL NOT
PROVIDE. AS LONG AS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL US
CONTRIBUTIONS EXITS, POTENTIAL TROOP AND EQUIPMENT
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DONORS WILL RESIST COMMITTING THEMSELVES. A
DEFINITIVE USG RESPONSE COULD HELP FORCE THE ISSUE
IN A WAY THE UN CANNOT OTHERWISE
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