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R 161023Z MAY 95
FM AMEMBASSY PARIS
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1393
INFO AMEMBASSY KIGALI
UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
AMEMBASSY CANBERRA
AMEMBASSY DAKAR
AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
AMEMBASSY ACCRA
RWANDA COLLECTIVE
CONFIDENTIALPARIS 11639
E.O. 12356: DECL: 5/16/00
TAGS: MARR, MASS, UNSC, PREL, SOLI, RW, BY, FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH BELIEVE UNAMIR'S MANDATE MAY BE
MODIFIED TO MAKE IT ACCEPTABLE TO KIGALI
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REF: STATE 105037
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 06 AUG 2007 200103014
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CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. SUMMARY: THE GOF BELIEVES THAT UNAMIR'S MANDATE
MAY BE MODIFIED ENOUGH TO MAKE IT ACCEPTABLE TO THE
KIGALI GOVERNMENT (GOR). HOWEVER, THE NEW MANDATE MUST
NOT EXCESSIVELY LIMIT UNAMIR. QUAI CONTACTS NOTED THAT
THE MOST BASIC ELEMENTS OF UNAMIR'S MANDATE -- PERSONAL
SECURITY OF CITIZENS, INCLUDING REFUGEES, AND SECURE
DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID -- HAVE NOT YET BEEN
ACHIEVED. WHILE THE GOR IS BALKING AT RENEWAL OF A
MANDATE WHICH HIGHLIGHTS ITS OWN FAILINGS, THE GOF
CONTENDS THAT EMPHASIZING ELEMENTS OF RECONCILIATION
AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CIVILIAN POLICE FORCE COULD
MAKE A RENEWED MANDATE ACCEPTABLE TO THE GOR. EXTERNAL
ELEMENTS, SUCH AS SAFE CORRIDORS FOR REFUGEES' RETURN,
COULD ALSO BE INCLUDED. END SUMMARY.
3. QUAI IO AFRICA DESK OFFICER CLAIRE LIGNIERES AND
QUAI RWANDA DESK OFFICER JEAN-ULRIC CILLARD TOLD US MAY
15 THAT THE GOF IS CONVINCED UNAMIR SHOULD NOT BE
DISCONTINUED, DESPITE THE GOR'S NEGATIVE SIGNALS
(REFTEL). THE GOF BELIEVES THE GOR MAY BE CONVINCED TO
CONTINUE UNAMIR AS A CHAPTER VI OPERATION, ALTHOUGH
LIGNIERES AND CILLARD CONCEDED IT WILL REQUIRE DELICATE
NEGOTIATIONS. A FORMULA FOR THE NEW MANDATE MUST BE
FOUND WHICH WILL ALLOW UNAMIR TO CONTINUE ITS BASIC
OPERATIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME ALLOW THE GOR TO "SAVE
FACE." "SAVING FACE" FOR THE GOR WOULD MEAN THAT
UNAMIR'S PRIMARY MISSIONS OF ENSURING CITIZENS'
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(INCLUDING REFUGEES) PERSONAL SECURITY AND SECURE
DELIVERIES OF AID WOULD BE DE-EMPHASIZED AND THE
POLITICAL ASPECTS OF UNAMIR'S MISSION -- PROMOTING
RECONCILIATION THROUGH MEDIATION -- WOULD ASSUME
PROMINENCE. LIGNIERES CLAIMED THAT BY TAKING NOTE OF
THE GOR'S SENSITIVITIES AND EMPHASIZING THE EVOLVING
NATURE OF UNAMIR AS THE SITUATION ITSELF CHANGES,
UNAMIR WOULD BE ABLE TO REMAIN A CHAPTER VI OPERATION
AND CARRY ON WITH ITS WORK.
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4. ONE SPECIFIC ELEMENT NOT INCLUDED IN EARLIER
MANDATES IS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROTECTION OF SAFE
CORRIDORS FOR THE RETURN OF REFUGEES. LIGNIERES
SUGGESTED THAT THIS COULD BE INCLUDED IN A NEW MANDATE,
ALTHOUGH THE EXISTING ELEMENT OF PROVIDING PROTECTION
FOR REFUGEES ONCE THEY RETURNED HOME WOULD HAVE TO
REMAIN IN PLACE. SHE NOTED THAT AGREEMENTS UNHCR HAS
CONCLUDED WITH RWANDA'S NEIGHBORS CONCERNING REFUGEES
WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN CREATING THE NEW
UNAMIR MANDATE.
5. THE GOF IS NOT OPPOSED TO THE GOR'S INTEREST IN
ADDING AN EXTERNAL ELEMENT, SUCH AS SAFE CORRIDORS, TO
UNAMIR'S MANDATE, AS LONG AS THE DOMESTIC ELEMENTS OF
THE MANDATE ARE RETAINED. OUR INTERLOCUTORS INSISTED
THAT UNAMIR'S NEW MANDATE REMAIN BROAD ENOUGH TO ENABLE
IT TO CARRY OUT A FULL RANGE OF PEACEKEEPING
ACTIVITIES. ONE OF THE DANGERS OF NEGOTIATING A NEW
MANDATE WITH THE GOR IS THAT A PRECISE MANDATE COULD
HAMSTRING UNAMIR. THE GOF WILL NOT ACCEPT A UNAMIR
MANDATE THAT IS TOO NARROW AND RESTRICTIVE.
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