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FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6245
INFO WHITEHOUSE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 USUN NEW YORK 001926
WHITEHOUSE PASS NSC FOR D. CLARK, S. RICE AND D.STEINBERG
JOINT STAFF FOR CHAIRMAN, DIR JS, J3;
SECDEF FOR OSD/ISA
PARIS FOR PERLOW
E.0.12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: MARK, PINS, PHUM, EAID, PREL, MOPS, UNSC, RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA: SC PRESIDENT WILL WRITE TO SYG
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 05 NOV 2008 200103014
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2. COUNCIL ACTION: THE SC DISCUSSED RWANDA AGAIN
THUSSDAY, MAY 5. THE COUNCIL WANTS TO ATTEMPT TO BREAK
OUT OF THE "CHICKEN AND EGG" CYCLE OF SHIFTING
RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE SYG TO THE COUNCIL AND BACK
AGAIN, AND TO MOVE TOWARDS DECISIVE ACTION. THE SC
PRESIDENT WILL WRITE TO THE SYG, ASKING THE SYG TO SET
OUT IN AN INFORMAL NON-PAPER A POSSIBLE CONCEPT OF
OPERATIONS, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO WHATEVER DECISION THE
SC MIGHT TAKE. A DRAFT LETTER WILL BE CIRCULATED FOR
DISCUSSION FRIDAY. ALSO, THE NON-ALIGNED ARE WORKING ON
A DRAFT RESOLUTION WHICH THEY HOPE TO TABLE EITHER
FRIDAY OR MONDAY. US AND UK AMBASSADORS NOTED THAT IT
MIGHT BE PREMATURE TO WORK ON A RESOLUTION BEFORE WE
KNEW WHAT THE SYG HAD IN MIND. MANY DELEGATIONS
EMPHASIZED THAT HUMANITARIAN QUESTIONS SHOULD BE THE
PRIORITY AT THIS TIME.
3.
SECRETARIAT UPDATE: U/SYG GHAREKHAN GAVE AN UPDATE
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ON THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND. UNAMIR HAS COME UNDER
DELIBERATE ATTACK. ON MAY 3, THREE GHANAIANS WERE
WOUNDED, TWO SERIOUSLY. ON MAY 4, ANOTHER GHANAIAN WAS
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. THERE HAS BEEN HEAVY FIGHTING AND
SHELLING IN AND AROUND KIGALI, INCLUDING AROUND THE
AIRPORT, UNAMIR HQ, AND THE STADIUM. THE RPF IS
ADVANCING, ALTHOUGH MEETING SOME RESISTANCE. IN THE
MORNING OF MAY 5 A UN AIRCRAFT CAME UNDER HEAVY MACHINE
GUN FIR AFTER LANDING, CAUSING IT TO DEPART WITHOUT
UNLOADING. IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING, A MORTAR FELL
INTO THE LOADING AREA. GEN- DALLAIRE BELIEVES THE UN IS
BEING DELIBERATELY TARGETED, ALTHOUGH THE SOURCE OF THE
ATTACKS IS NOT CLEAR.
4. GHAREKHAN REPORTED THAT THE GOR WERE READY TO SIGN A
CEASEFIRE IN ARUSHA, BUT THE RPF REFUSED. THE RPF
CLAIMED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAD BEEN OF NO HELP
DURING THE MASSACRES, AND THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE OAU, THE SRSG, AND TANZANIA WERE NO LONGER
IMPARTIAL. THE RPF ACCUSED TANZANIA OF ALLOWING ARMS TO
COME ACROSS ITS BORDERS FOR THE RGF. THE RPF DOES NOT
WANTED TO BE ROBBED OF ITS VICTORY, WHICH IT SAYS IS
VERY CLOSE, AT ARUSHA. AMB GAMBARI AMPLIFIED, ON THE
BASIS OF HIS CONTACTS WITH ARUSHA. BOTH PARTIES HAD
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SEPARATELY COMMITED TO SIGNING A CF DOCUMENT. HOWEVER,
WHEN THE RPF LEARNED THAT THE GOR WOULD SIGN A DOCUMENT
SIMILAR TO THEIRS, THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND AT THE LAST
MINUTE. THE RPF DID NOT WANT TO LEND LEGITIMACY TO THE
GOR BY SIGNING SIMILAR DOCUMENTS.
5.
GHAREKHAN CONVEYED THAT ON THE HUMANITARIAN FRONT,
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ICRC HAD DELIVERED FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE HOLY
FAMILY CHURCH, THE ZAIRE EMBASSY, AND THE KING FAISAL
HOSPITAL. 60,000 DISPLACED ARE IN A CAMP NEAR
TANZANIA. DHA IS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SOME ORPHANS FROM
A GRF-CONTROLLED AREA. THE ICRC HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET
ITS FOOD OUT OF ITS KIGALI WAREHOUSE. RED CROSS
EMPLOYEES AND A NUMBER OF ORPHANS WERE BRUTALLY KILLED
IN BUTARE ON MAY 3. SOME FOOD IS AVAILABLE FROM UGANDA
FOR THE DISPLACED. WHILE THE MAIN ROADS ARE GOOD, THE
SECONDARY ROADS CANNOT ACCOMODATE TRUCKS. UNHCR
ESTIMATES OF REFUGEES ARE: 250,000 IN TANZANIA; 40,000
IN BURUNDI; 5,500 IN UGANDA; AND 8,300 IN ZAIRE. UNHCR
WILL NEED USD 38.5 MILLION FOR
3 MONTHS FOR TANZANIA
ALONE, AND WILL ISSUE AN APPEAL SOON.
6. NUNS IN DANGER: USUN HAS BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT A
NUMBER OF CATHOLIC NUNS AND FRIARS TRAPPED IN RWANDA.
THE RPF REP ALSO APPROACHED USUN ON THEIR BEHALF. HE
SUGGESTED THAT THE USG AND THE VATICAN CONTACT THE
FRENCH GOVERNMENT AT A HIGH LEVEL, TO URGE THE GOF TO
USE ITS INFLUENCE WITH RWANDAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS NOW
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CONFIDENTIALSECTION 02 OF 02 USUN NEW YORK 001926
WHITEHOUSE PASS NSC FOR D. CLARK, S. RICE AND D.STEINBERG
JOINT STAFF FOR CHAIRMAN, DIR JS, J3;
SECDEF FOR OSD/ISA
PARIS FOR PERLOW
E.0.12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: MAAR, PINS, PHUM, EAID, PREL, MOPS, UNSC, RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA: SC PRESIDENT WILL WRITE TO SYG
IN PARIS TO PERSUADE THEM TO ALLOW THE SAFE DEPARTURE OF
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THE NUNS. HE NOTED THAT SINCE THE GOF HAD RECEIVED AND
RECOGNIZED THESE RWANDAN OFFICIALS, THE CONTACT MIGHT AS
WELL BE PUT TO SOME USE.
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