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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07KUWAIT181 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR HEAVY PACKAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MARR SU KU |
07KUWAIT853 | KUWAIT UNLIKELY SOURCE FOR APCS FOR UN/AU MISSION [...] (SBU) PolOff passed reftel (ref A) request for APCs to Aisha Al-Dakheel of the MFA's International Organizations Department on May 30. Al-Dakheel did not seem to think it likely the GOK would approve such a request. She promised to pass on the request and provide a more detail answer as soo [...] | 2007-06-01 06:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO MARR SU SA KU |
07KYIV2515 | UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID REQUESTED [...] (U) Per input received ref A, we joined UK Embassy Head of Political Section Duncan Allan on a joint demarche October 3 to MFA UN Directorate head Petro Datsenko to request that Ukraine consider providing six to twelve military utility helicopters (ref C) for UNAMID (United Nations-African Unio [...] | 2007-10-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU UK UP |
07KYIV2677 | UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID -- SECOND [...] DCM spoke October 24 with MFA Second Territorial Department Director Ihor Hrushko to relay ref A request for Ukraine to consider contributing helicopters or other critical force multipliers/enablers required for the UN/African Union hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID). DCM [...] | 2007-10-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SU UP |
07KYIV2720 | UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID -- UPDATE [...] (SBU) As noted ref A, DCM had a follow-up meeting October 26 with MFA Second Territorial Department Director Ihor Hrushko concerning ref B request for Ukraine to consider contributing helicopters or other critical force multipliers/enablers required for the UN/African Union hybrid peacekeeping [...] | 2007-10-29 13:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU UP |
07LAGOS609 | A LOOK BACK: OBASANJO REVIEWS HIS PRESIDENCY WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 meeting with HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he would attend former President Clinton's Global Institute from September 26-28, dates which coincide with the second week of plenary sessions of the U.N. General Ass [...] | 2007-09-05 10:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO NI |
07LIBREVILLE221 | FRANCE TO INTENSIFY MILITARY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) During a May 8 ceremony commemorating Armistice Day, Colonel Hingray, the commander of the the 6eme BIMA (the French military battalion in Libreville),announced that upon his departure in August he will be replaced by a General, who will also head up a new cooperation cell to work with the [...] | 2007-05-11 12:44:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MCAP KPKO GB |
07LILONGWE499 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eastham met with Minister of Defense Bob Khamisa on June 27 to discuss Malawi's possible troop contribution to an UN/AU peacekeeping force in Darfur. Khamisa, who was appointed Minister on May 10, 2007, reiterated past GOM statements that the Malawi Defense Force has a battali [...] | 2007-06-28 09:27:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL UNSC MASS |
07LISBON423 | DAS ERIC JOHN IN PORTUGAL TO DISCUSS EAST TIMOR [...] (C) EAP DAS Eric John met with Portuguese officials in Lisbon on February 5 to discuss the situation in East Timor and review military/police operations. All expressed Portugal's desire to work with the international community - particularly with the US and Australia. Portugal was not takin [...] | 2007-02-15 17:41:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO PO TL |
07LISBON436 | PORTUGAL FOLLOWS EU ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 14:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL PO |
07LONDON1873 | (C) SUDAN: FCO ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR [...] (C) The UK agrees with the thrust of reftel and is delivering supportive messages to the African Union (AU),according to Bruce Bucknell, Deputy Head of the FCO Sudan Unit. He told Poloffs May 16 that the British ambassador in Addis Ababa had spoken with AU Commission Chair Konare on May 14; [...] | 2007-05-16 15:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU UK |
07MADRID1838 | SPAIN SUPPORTS MINUSTAH RENEWAL, WILL ATTEND KEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 17:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL UNSC UNGA HA SP |
07MADRID2195 | SUDAN - UNAMID DEMARCHE REQUEST TO FOREIGN [...] (C) On December 4 the Ambassador raised the issue of helicopters for UNAMID with FM Moratinos, emphasizing the urgent need given UNAMID's lack of air mobility assets and the enormous and rugged terrain in which UNAMID must operate. He underscored that UNAMID's effectiveness was critical to th [...] | 2007-12-04 18:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UN SU SP |
07MADRID350 | SPAIN WITH EU ON SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO |
07MANAMA106 | BAHRAIN: REQUESTING PEACEKEEPING SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR BA SU ROW |
07MANAMA986 | ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AL BA |
07MANILA2855 | PHILIPPINES UPDATE ON HYBRID OPERATION IN DARFUR [...] (C) As requested (reftel),post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to highlight the urgent need to find qualified peacekeeping forces for the Hybrid Operation in Darfur, and encouraged the Philippines to contribute qualified personnel to the effort. 2. (C) Leah Ruiz, Directo [...] | 2007-08-22 10:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU RP |
07MAPUTO1278 | PRESIDENCY MINISTER ON ZIMBABWE, PKO'S [...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised Mozambican PKO participation and the Zimbabwe crisis with Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana on 10/31. Sumbana stated that the GRM wanted to participate in PKO's, and that he would speak to President Guebuza about notifying the UN's DPKO of Mozambique's [...] | 2007-11-05 08:08:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV MASS MCAP MOPS MARR PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO955 | MOZAMBIQUE OFFERS CONDITIONAL PKO PARTICIPATION [...] (C) During an August 8 call on President Guebuza's Chief of Staff Antonio Sumbana, the Charge noted he would soon visit Minister of Defense Tobias Dai to inquire about Mozambican participation in peacekeeping operations in Africa. Sumbana agreed with the Charge's political analysis that Moz [...] | 2007-08-14 07:29:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV MASS MCAP MOPS MARR MZ |
07MONROVIA1109 | LIBERIA - ICGL MEETING OF AUGUST 31 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL KPKO LI |
07MONTEVIDEO345 | URUGUAY ON THE PEACEKEEPING CHALLENGE AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: This telegram provides local context on the challenge of finding enough troops, military observers and police to staff new UN peacekeeping missions in Africa (ref A). Uruguay is likely to maintain its unmatched per capita contributions to PKO, and it appears well disposed to join [...] | 2007-04-04 17:40:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS MARR UY |
07MONTEVIDEO625 | URUGUAY ON TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TROOPS FOR THE [...] (SBU) On July 29, DCM separately delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General for the Secretariat, Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela and to the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jorge Washington Rosales. Per instructions reftel, he urged the GOU to contribute troops, military obs [...] | 2007-07-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU UY |
07MONTEVIDEO890 | URUGUAY "LIKELY" WILL URGE BEIJING'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) On October 9, A/DCM discussed reftel demarche with the MFA's Acting Director General for the Secretariat Daniel Castillo. Castillo was familiar with outcome of the Haiti Key Players Group meeting on September 26, 2007, in New York, but was unaware of the October 4 meeting of UN Security exp [...] | 2007-10-09 19:29:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL PGOV UN HA UY |
07MOSCOW5190 | URGENT DARFUR DEMARCHE FOR AVIATION SUPPORT AND [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 26 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Sergey Vershinin. Vershinin told us that the GOR had not made a decision on the supply of transportation assets to the UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, but emphasized the GOR's ongoing con [...] | 2007-10-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO UN SU RS |
07MOSCOW5349 | RUSSIAN DFM SALTANOV ON DARFUR AVIATION AND [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting, the Ambassador reiterated to Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov the importance of Russian support for the UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur (ref a) and urged the GOR to provide heavy lift assets for the operation. Acknowledging the MFA's cons [...] | 2007-11-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO UN SU RS |
07MOSCOW655 | HAITI: RUSSIA SUPPORTS SIX-MONTH MINUSTAH MANDATE [...] (C) We raised reftel points on February 13 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department, who told us that Russia would support only a six-month extension of the MINUSTAH mandate. He argued that a mandate of six months [...] | 2007-02-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA RS |
07MOSCOW677 | RUSSIANS SUPPORT AFRICAN UNION FORCE IN SOMALIA [...] (C) On February 15 we delivered reftel points to Oleg Dadayev, chief of the MFA's Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea Section, urging support for an African Union force in Somalia. Dadayev said the GOR would support an African Union Force as well as the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia. [...] | 2007-02-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO RS |
07MUSCAT989 | ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU MU |
07NASSAU231 | DEFENSE FORCE SEEKS TO EXPAND REGIONAL INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Ambassador met with Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) Commodore Clifford Scavella to discuss the bilateral military relationship. Scavella wants to expand the RBDF's international role, and improve its migrant interdiction capabilities. He expressed interest in [...] | 2007-02-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP SMIG PREL KPKO BF HA |
07NDJAMENA121 | PRESIDENT DEBY BACKTRACKING ON UN FORCE IN EASTERN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 18:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD KPKO PREF PREL SU SCRSERD |
07NDJAMENA122 | PRESIDENT DEBY BACKTRACKING ON UN FORCE IN EASTERN [...] (C) UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi told the Ambassador in meetings February 5 and 6 that President Deby seems to have backtracked on deployment of a UN military peacekeeping force to eastern Chad. Instead, Deby's preference remains a civilian police (ci [...] | 2007-02-07 20:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPKO CD SU SCRS |
07NDJAMENA176 | CHAD'S VIEWS ON A UN BORDER FORCE: TALK WITH US [...] (SBU) Chad is open to discussions on a UN peacekeeping force on its border with Sudan, but believes its mandate should be focused on protecting civilian populations, Chad's Foreign Minister Allam-mi told the Ambassador February 27. Speaking on his cell phone in Paris en route to Moscow and T [...] | 2007-02-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA189 | CHAD'S POSITION ON A UN BORDER FORCE HARDENING [...] (U) On February 28 the Ambassador was called to the Foreign Ministry to receive a statement from Acting Foreign Minister Djidda Moussa Outman clarifying Chad's reservations on proposals by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a peacekeepi [...] | 2007-02-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA199 | ABECHE: EASTERN CHAD HUB FOR THE UN, NGOS AND ANY [...] (u) Summary. Abeche is the major city in eastern Chad, used as a hub by the UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the region. Security remains an issue, with the UN still drawn down to essential personnel only (Phase IV)). UN and NGO staff favor a [...] | 2007-03-02 15:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL KCRS KPKO CD SU |
07NDJAMENA200 | ABECHE: EASTERN CHAD HUB FOR THE UN, NGOS AND ANY [...] (u) Summary. Abeche is the major city in eastern Chad, used as a hub by the UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the region. Security remains an issue, with the UN still drawn down to essential personnel only (Phase IV)). UN and NGO staff favor a [...] | 2007-03-02 15:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL KCRS KPKO CD SU |
07NDJAMENA205 | LET'S TAKE THIS YES FOR AN ANSWER: NEXT STEPS ON A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: President Deby's rejection of the UN border force proposed by the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) leaves an opening for bringing in a smaller force tasked with protecting humanitarian operations in eastern Chad. We believe we should pur [...] | 2007-03-05 17:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA245 | CHAD EXPLAINS RESERVATIONS ON UN BORDER FORCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad supports a UN force of police and gendarmes to protect refugees, displaced Chadians, and humanitarian workers on its border with Sudan, but not proposals for a much larger military force, Chad's Foreign Minister told the Ambassador March 20. He said a "massive" force ra [...] | 2007-03-20 16:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA504 | CHAD: KOUCHNER PLAN ACCEPTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby hasaccepted a two-track humanitarian protection pla for eastern Chadthat Kouchner proposed to him une 10. The plan is modest but achievable. It culd have a relatively quick impact in protecting efugees and internally displaced persons, as well s somewhat reduci [...] | 2007-06-18 10:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO CD PHUM PREF |
07NDJAMENA530 | CHAD: FURTHER ON KOUCHNER PLAN [...] (SBU) Francois Dureau, representing the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in talks in Chad, briefed ambassadors June 25, before departing the country, on the status of the two-track humanitarian protection plan for eastern Chad (reftel). He said that most of the discussions had [...] | 2007-06-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO CD PHUM PREF |
07NDJAMENA553 | TRANSFORMING CHAD: A CAUTIONARY TALE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last three years the United States has devoted more attention and resources to Chad than at any time since the joint fight against Libyan aggression in the 1980's. Chad is a major beneficiary of the Trans Saharan Counter-Terrorism Partnership initiative. It receive [...] | 2007-07-03 20:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EPET KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
07NDJAMENA557 | DEMOCRACY AND STABILITY IN CHAD: IS THERE HOPE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Idriss Deby Itno is a master survivor in a political culture as cruel and a neighborhood as dangerous as any in the world. Over the course of the last few years he has succeeded once again in facing down all challengers despite the fierce backlash his move to become [...] | 2007-07-05 07:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EFIN EPET KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
07NDJAMENA903 | CHAD: JEM EXPLAINS ARAB ALLIANCE AND WARNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Khalil Ibrahim-led wing of the Sudan Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) met with Emboffs November 19 to announce a new JEM/Arab alliance, explain the defects of the Sirte meeting and warn of future armed conflict in Darfur and Kordofan. End summary. JE [...] | 2007-11-21 13:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM CD SU |
07NEWDELHI1076 | MEA ASKS U.S. TO PROPOSE DATES FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 02:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO IN |
07NEWDELHI2458 | DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU IN |
07NEWDELHI2916 | CONCLUSION OF THE SEVENTH US-INDIA WORKING GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh annual US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on June 19 focused on opportunities for the U.S. and India to work together to meet new challenges in global peacekeeping capacity. IO PDAS James Warlick led the US delegation, and Joint Secretary Sanjiv Arora of the [...] | 2007-06-22 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR UNGA IN |
07NEWDELHI3000 | DARFUR DEMARCHE - INDIA IS UNDECIDED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-28 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU IN |
07NEWDELHI3383 | DELHI DIARY, JULY 17-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 17-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Questions General Toolan on China and Nepal -- Australia and India Raising the Bar on Defense Cooperation -- Indian Vice-Presidential [...] | 2007-07-25 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR MCAP MASS KPKO PBTS |
07NEWDELHI5053 | SUGGESTIONS FOR AREAS OF FOCUSED COOPERATION IN [...] (C) Summary. In preparation for Assistant Secretary Silverberg's November 30 meeting with Additional Secretary K.C. Singh, Post would like to suggest several UN-related issues ripe for closer collaboration with the GOI. These include peacekeeping, religious freedom, UN budget reform, energy [...] | 2007-11-21 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO KUNR USUN IN |
07NICOSIA28 | UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP/SEA [...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, the below updates Ref B July 2006 report. 2. (U) Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Political Officer, continues to be the UN mission's "gender focal point," charged with educating UN civilian and military personnel a [...] | 2007-01-10 08:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO CY |
07NICOSIA567 | UNFICYP CONTINUES SUCCESSFUL COMBATING OF TIP AND [...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, the below updates Ref B January 2007 and Ref C July 2006 reports. 2. (U) Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Political Officer, continues to be the UN mission,s &gender focal point,8 charged with educating UN civilia [...] | 2007-07-06 13:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO CY PREL |
07NOUAKCHOTT32 | PEACEKEEPING IN SOMALIA: POSSIBLE MAURITANIAN [...] (C) During the course of a January 9 discussion with Armed Forces Chief of Staff Colonel Abderrahmane Ould Boubacar on the role of the military in a democratic Mauritania, we asked about interest in peacekeeping. The country's current role is limited to fielding twenty observers in the AU forc [...] | 2007-01-10 10:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | AU KPKO MR PREL SO |
07NOUAKCHOTT43 | VALL SEES EVENTS IN SOMALIA AS POSITIVE [...] (C) Former AF A/S Herman J. Cohen briefed Charge January 10 on his meeting with CMJD President Vall earlier that day. Vall spoke positively of the recent events in Somalia, noting that the Islamist movement is more a threat to Muslims than to anyone else. He appeared supportive of Ethiopia's e [...] | 2007-01-11 18:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | AU KPKO PREL SO MR |
07OSLO000160ZDK164 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' SUDAN CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios joined the Sudan Contact Group meeting in Oslo to assess the state of play in Sudan. Although implementation of the CPA has been stalled, all parties stressed the need to maintain a unified Sudan and to encourage an IGAD summit to set [...] | 2007-02-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO NO |
07OSLO1113 | NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...] | 2007-11-19 11:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO |
07OSLO143 | (C) GON WILL SUPPORT SOMALI STABILIZATION [...] (C) On February 14 we delivered reftel to Ann Froholm, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Safety Policy Department and Kjell Harald Dalen, the MFA's Special Envoy to Somalia. Froholm noted requests similar to those found in reftel were also recently delivered by African Union (AU) representatives. [...] | 2007-02-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO NO |
07OSLO160 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' SUDAN CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios joined the Sudan Contact Group meeting in Oslo to assess the state of play in Sudan. Although implementation of the CPA has been stalled, all parties stressed the need to maintain a unified Sudan and to encourage an IGAD summit to set [...] | 2007-02-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO NO |
07OSLO161 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETS ERITREAN REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met with Eritrean Presidential Advisor Yemane Ghebreab in Oslo on February 10, 2007. Ghebreab stated that Eritrea is interested in a comprehensive peace in Sudan and is moving ahead with plans for a Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) parties conferenc [...] | 2007-02-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO NO |
07OSLO411 | NO PUBLIC COMMITMENT FROM NORWAY ON DARFUR PACKAGE [...] (SBU) On April 20 we delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Advisor Anne Kjersti Froeholm. Froeholm told us that Norway sees the GOS acceptance of the Darfur heavy support package as positive, but serious questions regarding command and control and force protection m [...] | 2007-04-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO NO |
07OSLO704 | DARFUR HYBRID OPERATION [...] (C) On June 29 we delivered reftel points to Anne Kjersti Froeholm, Senior Adviser in the Global Security Issues and Crisis Management Section. The GON continues to investigate whether a joint Norwegian-Swedish engineering unit is possible, with a precondition that any unit would clearly be [...] | 2007-06-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC MASS KPKO SU NO |
07OSLO936 | NORWEGIANS VOICE MINUSTAH SUPPORT [...] On September 17 we delivered reftel points to MFA UN Section Senior Adviser Rut Kruger Giverin, who emphasized Norwegian support of renewing the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). She stressed Norway's long-standing support of the UN's peace and security efforts in Haiti. WHITNEY [...] | 2007-09-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL KPKO NO |
07OSLO96 | NORWAY WON'T COMMIT TO DARFUR HEAVY PACKAGE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Special Advisor Anne Kjersti Froeholm on February 1. Froeholm told us that Norway would not be able to support our request for assistance with the Darfur Heavy Package and given current commitments in Afghanistan, it was very unlik [...] | 2007-02-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO NO |
07OTTAWA859 | CANADA: TLSA PAPER DELIVERED, ALTERNATE POC [...] (U) We conveyed reftel paper to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) G8 and NATO deputy director and Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) policy officer on May 9. Both expressed appreciation but had no immediate reaction to the text. 2. (U) Post co [...] | 2007-05-09 18:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KPKO MARR MASS PREL CA |
07PANAMA406 | PANAMA: IRAN AND SUDAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (C) "We do not foresee a problem with the draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iran that was prepared by the P-5 1 and anticipate that it will be adopted early next week," Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Matters Nils Castro told POLCOUNS on March 16. Though he compla [...] | 2007-03-16 21:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO IR CD CT |
07PANAMA645 | PANAMA: SUDAN NEEDS IMMEDIATE UN ATTENTION [...] (SBU) "The situation in Darfur cannot be prolonged," responded MFA Director for Exterior Politics Javier Bonagas to DCM's delivery of reftel demarche. Bonagas acknowledged the Government of Sudan's history of reneging on its agreements and underscored the urgent need for the international co [...] | 2007-04-25 20:47:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC SU PM |
07PARAMARIBO314 | HAITI: NO IMMEDIATE REACTION TO DEMARCHE FROM [...] Per reftel, on June 21 post delivered points to Acting Head of the Americas Division Euredice Hofwijks of the government of Suriname Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Hofwijks provided no official initial reaction. Hofwijks did express sympathy with the ideas presented and said she would de [...] | 2007-06-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | HA PREL KPKO NS |
07PARIS1252 | CHAD/SUDAN/C.A.R.: CONVINCING DEBY TO ACCEPT UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Chad desk officer Michael Deslaimes (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on March 27 said that the international community needed to emphasize to Chad's President Deby the benefits for Chad of a UN peacekeeping mission on the Chad-Sudan border, rather than stress how such a mission could h [...] | 2007-03-29 11:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC CD SU FR |
07PARIS2002 | FRANCE: UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC IC FR |
07PARIS2005 | FRANCE: NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA on May 16 expressed reservations about reftel ideas on next steps for Darfur peacekeeping, in particular an approach to the AU and UN to revisit AU PSC decisions taken in November 2006. At the same time, France does continue to support an effective PKO for Darfur meetin [...] | 2007-05-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU FR |
07PARIS2198 | DARFUR: FRANCE SEEKING BROADER ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on May 25 said that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was likely to phone Secretary Rice later on May 25 to discuss Darfur. Kouchner may raise with the Secretary the possibility of France hosting a minister-level meeting of Darfur Contact Gro [...] | 2007-05-25 17:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PHUM SU FR |
07PARIS3213 | FRENCH VIEWS ON EU FORCE IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on July 26 said that France sought the deployment in eastern Chad of an EU peacekeeping force (2,000-2,500 troops) early in November. Prior to that, France would seek a UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the EU to undertake the mission; [...] | 2007-07-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR |
07PARIS3227 | DARFUR: FRENCH READY TO ADOPT UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU FR |
07PARIS3342 | AMISOM: FRENCH MFA SAYS NEW RESOURCES NOT LIKELY [...] (C) France is not likely to provide additional resources to assist Burundi and the AU to facilitate Burundi's participation in AMISOM, MFA Somalia Desk Officer Thierry Caboche explained on August 8 in response to reftel. Caboche noted the contributions France is already making bilaterally a [...] | 2007-08-08 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO FR |
07PARIS3876 | FRANCE SUPPORTS MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] (SBU) On September 17, poloff demarched Marianne Peron-Doise, acting MFA desk officer for the United Nations and International Organizations, concerning the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Peron-Doise agreed with U.S. points and said that France supports an extension of MINUST [...] | 2007-09-18 09:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO EAID EFIN PGOV HA FR |
07PARIS4084 | UNAMID: FRENCH WANT SEPARATE DEMARCHES; MINURCAT [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal told us on September 28 that France preferred that the U.S., UK, and France carry out separate demarches rather than a joint one regarding contributions by other countries to the UNAMID operation for Darfur (reftel). 2. (C) Le Gal said that she ha [...] | 2007-09-28 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR |
07PARIS4183 | SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: UPDATE ON FRENCH VIEWS TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France now agrees to carry out joint demarches with the U.S. and the UK regarding contributions to the UNAMID mission for Darfur (refs A and B),but only/only with respect to non-EU potential donors. The French will demarche EU members separately, taking into account the need [...] | 2007-10-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR |
07PARIS4271 | SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH PUSHING HARD ON ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, an AF advisor at the French presidency, told us on October 16 that President Sarkozy remains personally engaged on Darfur-related issues and is pushing for rapid progress on UNAMID and, especially, MINURCAT. Force generation and financial issues regarding MINURC [...] | 2007-10-16 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR SU CT CD FR |
07PARIS4704 | FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN TLSA [...] (C) On December 11, MFA desk officer for strategic affairs Paul Zajac confirmed that France will participate in the Transportation and Logistics Support Arrangement (TLSA). He named two contact points: Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, Deputy Director (PDAS-equivalent) of Strategic Affairs, Security [...] | 2007-12-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS KPKO EUN FR |
07PORTAUPRINCE1173 | TASK FORCE PRESSES FOR MORE HNP IN CITE SOLEIL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: As a result of renewed reports that some gang members in Cite Soleil continue to disrupt local projects and threaten employers, international donors, NGOs and MINUSTAH representatives agreed o [...] | 2007-07-05 15:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KPKO EAID HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1182 | MINUSTAH'S EFFECTIVENESS IN COMBATTING SEXUAL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The following information is in response to Reftel A requesting information on the effectiveness of UN efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in UN peacekeeping missions. Reftel B is the la [...] | 2007-07-06 18:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HA KPKO |
07PORTAUPRINCE1235 | MINUSTAH CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO KEEP PEACE IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is calm for the moment, but MINUSTAH troops emphasize the need for Haitian National Police (HNP) presence to control persistent crime. MINUSTAH is conducting more foot patrols tha [...] | 2007-07-16 18:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM HA KPKO |
07PORTAUPRINCE124 | MINUSTAH SEES LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH continues its push into the Port-au-Prince slums of Cite Soleil, Cite Militaire and Martissant and, according to their political staff, they are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. Residents of Cite Soleil are welcoming MINUSTAH more openly than during prev [...] | 2007-01-24 19:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1451 | HAITI MONTHLY: AUGUST, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PROMINENT LAVALAS ACTIVIST DISAPPEARS. The Haitian media reports that Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Lavalas leader and potential senatorial candidate in November [...] | 2007-08-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON HA KPKO |
07PORTAUPRINCE1688 | CITE SOLEIL: EXCUSES, BLAME OUTWEIGH NEW SOLUTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Peace in Cite Soleil remains fragile as MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) struggle with mandate and capacity issues in their fight to control gang activities. MINUSTAH troops insis [...] | 2007-10-18 16:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM KPKO HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1782 | HAITI MONTHLY: OCTOBER 2007 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) MINUSTAH DEPUTY RECALLED. Local press reports that the deputy MINUSTAH For [...] | 2007-11-08 16:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON HA KPKO |
07PORTAUPRINCE1811 | UN REPS TELL U.S. SENATORS SECURITY, INVESTMENT, AND JOB [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Senators Bingaman, Harkin and Corker were briefed October 26 by UN officials on the current security and economic situation in Haiti. UN representatives lauded U.S. support and encouraged continue [...] | 2007-11-14 20:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE198 | MINUSTAH OFFICERS' THOUGHTS ON MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH's Political Affairs Director Gerald Lechevallier told Poloff on January 26 that he would like the new mandate to reaffirm resolution 1702 (establishing MINUSTAH) and maintain Security Council commitment to a long-term stabilization force in Haiti. Added to the new mand [...] | 2007-01-31 17:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE252 | MINUSTAH SLOWS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH has a habit of blaming international aid agencies for moving too slowly to implement projects in the disadvantaged neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. However, staff at the International Organization for Migration (IOM),USAID's main implementing partner in community deve [...] | 2007-02-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO EAID HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE342 | GOH AND MINUSTAH ON HSI [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7-8 the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Ambassador John Herbst, accompanied by Ambassador Sanderson and WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols met with Prime Minister Alexis and select members of his cabinet, the UN Country Team, and NGOs currently opera [...] | 2007-02-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE37 | GOH OFFICIALS: DO NOT WORRY ABOUT MANDATE RENEWAL; [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Jean Raynald Clerisme January 9 (the day President Rene Preval departed for Nicaragua) to discuss the Haiti/Taiwan/China issue, which threatens to affect the renewal of MINUSTAH's UNSC mandate in February. Citing her previous conversations with Chine [...] | 2007-01-10 19:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH |
07PORTAUPRINCE389 | MINUSTAH DEVELOPMENT WORK PROGRESSES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Jean-Philippe Laberge, MINUSTAH's civil affairs coordinator for the West Department, spoke to Poloff about MINUSTAH's plans to engage local government, specifically the new mayor, in their efforts to reha [...] | 2007-02-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE52 | PREVAL-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP: THE LOVE CONNECTION [...] (C) Summary: The personal relationship between Preval and the Taiwanese started during Preval's first presidency from 1996-2001, with agricultural projects in Marmalade, Preval's hometown. The foreign ministry's director of political affairs Weiner Jean Baptiste told Poloff January 11 that th [...] | 2007-01-12 19:33:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH |
07PORTAUPRINCE642 | CITE SOLEIL INDICATORS POSITIVE [...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil has turned a corner and the citizens, the GoH, and the international community are all poised to attempt to bring normalcy to the embattled slum. MINUSTAH is renting a facility on t [...] | 2007-04-05 19:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL KPKO MOPS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE742 | MINUSTAH POSITIVE ON BOLIVIAN VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH's director of political affairs Gerardo Lechevallier told Poloff on April 18 that the Bolivian Minister of Defense had reassured SRSG Edmond Mulet that Bolivia would maintain its troop [...] | 2007-04-20 20:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO HA BL XM |
07PRETORIA1018 | (C) SOUTH AFRICA EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH BASHIR [...] (C) PolCounselor delivered reftel points to DFA Chief Director for Africa Multilateral (DAS-equivalent) Themba Rubusche on March 20. (NOTE: Rubusche and other key SAG officials were traveling and unavailable until the 20th. END NOTE.) Rubusche expressed frustration with President Bashir's M [...] | 2007-03-20 17:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC SU SF |
07PRETORIA3765 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON AVIATION ASSETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO UN SU SF |
07PRISTINA237 | KOSOVO: THE NORTH'S ALBANIAN MINORITY WORRIED [...] (C) Summary: Albanian residents of two communities north of Kosovo's Ibar River were highly supportive of the Ahtisaari proposal and grateful for USG assistance. Residents told us they generally feel secure in their villages and in their travels to the southern part of Kosovo. They have not [...] | 2007-03-28 16:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM EAID YI |
07RABAT1022 | MOROCCO'S PARTICIPATION IN COESPU [...] (SBU) Poloff met June 12 with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim to encourage Moroccan participation in the next round of COESPU courses. Poloff explained, for the first time and in part based on Moroccan suggestion, COESPU will offer its courses in French taught by instructors from t [...] | 2007-06-18 16:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MARR MASS MO |
07RABAT1238 | MOROCCAN TROOPS IN COTE D'IVOIRE: INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) In response to the points conveyed reftel, MFA Chief of International Organizations Section Nasser Bourita told us on July 26 that the GOM takes the accusations of sexual misconduct against its troops in Ivory Coast seriously, and is sending a high level military delegation to join the UN [...] | 2007-08-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO IC MO |
07RABAT1730 | NATO/MOROCCO: ICP PROSPECTS DIMMED BY GOM CONCERNS [...] (C) Turkish polcouns Turker Ari on November 8 told us during a meeting concerning the possibility of Morocco entering into a NATO Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) that MFA Director General Youssef Amrani expressed support for the idea of increased alliance cooperation, but made clear his [...] | 2007-11-09 18:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MO NATO PGOV |
07RABAT1871 | WESTERN SAHARA: A NEW BREED OF SAHARACRAT? [...] (C) The Security Wali (territorial police commissioner),Bouchaib Rmili along with the Wali (governor) of Laayoune, Boujdor and Sakia al-Hamra, who arrived in Laayoune over a year ago, and the new director of the Laayoune Prison, who arrived eight months ago, appear to represent a type of more [...] | 2007-12-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC MO PHUM |
07RABAT291 | MOROCCO WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting with MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohammed Azeroual, Polcouns urged Moroccan support for international peacekeeping forces being assembled for Darfur and Somalia. Azeroual responded that while Morocco was concerned about the situation in both p [...] | 2007-02-12 18:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO MO |
07RABAT572 | SAHARANS ON AUTONOMY: PRO AND CON, BUT NO ONE'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a week-long visit to the Western Sahara, Rabat Polcouns found many supporters of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty. Many residents, however, including what a veteran observer described as a majority of the original inhabitants, were opposed - unsurprising g [...] | 2007-03-30 10:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO |
07RABAT573 | WESTERN SAHARA: MORE RESPONSIVE BUT STILL TOUGH [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Rabat Polcouns traveled for a week to the Western Sahara, March 4-9, principally in Laayoune, with one day in Smara - the traditional seat of Sahrawi culture and religion. He met Moroccan government representatives, pro-government business, tribal and youth lead [...] | 2007-03-30 10:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO |
07RABAT594 | WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR CBMS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rabat strongly urges the Department to look favorably upon requests for continued financial support of UNHCR's "confidence building measures" (CBMs) program in Western Sahara. The CBMs have injected a hopeful and positive element into a conflict which has often seemed in [...] | 2007-04-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL KPKO MO |
07RABAT601 | WESTERN SAHARA: THOUGHTS ON THE USG APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: As we prepare for UN discussion of the renewal of the MINURSO mandate, Embassy Rabat would like to offer several thoughts for consideration on the USG's approach to the very delicate Western Sahara process. The Moroccans have been conducting extensive and far-reaching consultati [...] | 2007-04-05 18:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KPKO MO |
07RABAT95 | MINURSO FREE OF TIP/SEA PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy continues to believe Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) are not a problem with the MINURSO mission in the Western Sahara. MINURSO Force Commander Maj. General Kurt Mosgaard told Polcouns that there had been two incidents that were of con [...] | 2007-01-19 17:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV MO KPKO |
07REYKJAVIK20 | ICELAND: AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NATO [...] (C) Summary: Iceland is supportive of USG goals for the NATO informal ministerial on Afghanistan and Kosovo on January 26. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary outlined for Ambassador the Icelandic government's plans to increase peacekeeping deployments to Afghanistan, [...] | 2007-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO KPKO AF YI HU IC |
07RIGA409 | LATVIA WILL NOT PROVIDE UNAMI MIDDLE RING SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 15:16:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR KPKO UN IZ LG |
07ROME1388 | ITALY AGREES HYBRID AU/UN FORCE IN DARFUR A [...] (C) Summary: During June 21 meetings with Italian officials, IO/PSC Office Director Douglas Wake discussed Sudan, Lebanon, Chad, and peacekeeping operations. On Darfur, Wake stressed the need to move forward quickly with the hybrid force while remaining willing to consider sanctions if Khart [...] | 2007-06-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL LE XF SU CD UN IT |
07ROME1629 | ITALY SUPPORTS AMIS-UNAMID TRANSITION LANGUAGE IF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for East Africa Fabrizio Pignatelli July 30 and pressed him to instruct the Italian mission in New York to support draft language on transition timing from AMIS to UNAMID. 2. (C) Pignatelli said Italy understands the need to move [...] | 2007-07-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SU IT |
07ROME1710 | ITALY AWAITS DETAILS ON BURUNDIAN NEEDS FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO IT |
07ROME2153 | UNAMID: ITALY CONTRIBUTING C-130 TRANSPORT, [...] (C) S/P David Gordon pressed MFA PolDir Giulio Terzi October 1 to have Italy consider contributing helicopters to UNAMID, per reftel demarche request. Terzi said he thought it was unlikely, but said he would raise the matter at a higher level. Terzi pointed out that Italy had already agreed to [...] | 2007-10-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU IT |
07ROME388 | ITALY DRIVING EU SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT, WILL HELP [...] (C) Summary. DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Italian MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Armando Sanguini February 22, urging immediate GOI support for deployment of an African Union stabilization force for Somalia (AMISOM). Sanguini noted Italy had already made a contribution through [...] | 2007-02-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS EUN SO IT |
07ROME627 | ITALY: SUDAN SANCTIONS COULD HARDEN KHARTOUM, NEED [...] (C) Summary. While Italy considered Sudanese President Bashir's March 6 letter to SYG Ban unsatisfactory, the GOI thought it was too early to call it a rejection of the agreement on the Darfur UN Heavy Support Package (HSP). Italy did not believe that sanctions were the best solution as they [...] | 2007-03-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CD CT UNSC KPKO IT |
07ROME903 | DARFUR: ITALY AGREES PRESSURE NEEDED, BUT WANTS [...] (C) Summary. Italy would ultimately support a UNSC sanctions resolution against Sudan, but publicly would like to maintain a neutral position as chair of the UN Sanctions Committee. Given UN Secretary General Ban's heavy involvement in Darfur, which he underlined in a visit to Rome April 18, [...] | 2007-04-30 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC SU IT |
07SANTODOMINGO2180 | MINUSTAH RENEWAL: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STRONGLY [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor delivered Ref A talking points on renewal of the MINUSTAH peacekeeping mission to Deputy Foreign Minister Trullols. Trullols replied that, "We support you 100 percent. The better Haiti gets, the better for us." The Deputy FM explained Dominican reasoning as [...] | 2007-09-20 12:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO HA DR |
07SEOUL1965 | ROKG TO CONSIDER CONTRIBUTION FOR HYBRID [...] (C) On June 28, the DCM conveyed reftel objectives encouraging capitals to contribute to expected UN/AU Hybrid Operations in Darfur to Park In-kook, Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Operations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The DCM expressed USG appreciati [...] | 2007-07-01 23:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO UNSC MASS KS SU |
07SEOUL217 | POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION 2: ENERGY [...] (C) S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner and his delegation met with Korean and Japanese counterparts January 10-11 for a trilateral policy planning dialogue (ref a). Over lunch on January 11, the three delegations discussed energy security, peacebuilding, and UN reform. Both Korea and Japan, [...] | 2007-01-23 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL AORC KUNR KPKO KS JA US |
07SKOPJE333 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS US PLANS FOR SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 08:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
07STATE103146 | DEMARCHE: WORKING WITH THE FRENCH IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (U) Department requests Embassy Paris to convey to French government officials the USG support for Foreign Minister Kouchner's plan to deploy a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) bridging mission in Eastern Chad and to explore what types of assistance the French might need and desire [...] | 2007-07-25 16:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR |
07STATE138346 | (U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S SEPTEMBER 28, [...] (U) September 28, 2007, 3:00 p.m., New York. 2. (U) Participants: United States A/S David Welch, NEA Randall Kaailau, NEA/MAG (note taker) Morocco FM Mohamed Benaissa Amb. El Mustafa Sahel, Ambassador to the United Nations Amb. Youssef Amrani, DG of Bilateral Relations Mr. Nasser [...] | 2007-10-01 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINS KPKO XI UN |
07STATE138402 | (U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 27, 2007, MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | OVIP FRIED DANIEL UNGA PREL MOPS NATO MARR KPKO PO |
07STATE138404 | (U) NEA A/S WELCH,S SEPTEMBER 28, 2007, MEETING WITH SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER MIGUEL MORATINOS AND DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MIDDLE EAST ALVARO IRANZO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 21:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP DAVID UNGA PREL KPKO SP XI XF DAVID WELCH |
07STATE138413 | (U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 25, 2007, MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 21:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP FRIED DAN UNGA PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MARR KPKO NL |
07STATE139172 | TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Describing the situation in Timor-Leste as stabilized, President Ramos-Horta praised the international forces for their role in the success of presidential and parliamentary elections. The Government of Timor-Leste (GOTL) is now tackling its most urgent policy challenges, partic [...] | 2007-10-03 13:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO TT |
07STATE143859 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] ACTION REQUEST: Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of and co-sponsor the Security Council resolution contained in para 2 below concerning the extension of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). USUN should seek additional guidance if substantive changes are made [...] | 2007-10-13 00:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | HA KPKO PGOV PREL UNSC |
07STATE145210 | SUDAN - HANDOVER OF LIGHT SUPPORT PACKAGE [...] (U) This is an urgent action request for USUN. Please see paras 4 and 5 for instructions and text of handover document. 2. (U) Background: Per a request by the United Nations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations in late 2006, the Department of State created a contract to provide logistics [...] | 2007-10-17 15:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU MARR |
07STATE145222 | UNGA WORKING GROUP ON ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF [...] (U) The General Assembly Ad Hoc Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) (by UN staff or related personnel) will meet December 3-7, 2007 to discuss a draft statement of policy and draft strategy (A/60/877). The Chairman of the Working Group (W [...] | 2007-10-17 15:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UN |
07STATE145598 | USG COMMENTS ON UNDPKO "CAPSTONE DOCTRINE" [...] (U) As part of its "peace operations 2010" reforms, the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),with the help of more than 250 international experts meeting in workshops around the world, has developed a document that sets out for practitioners the guiding principles and core tasks [...] | 2007-10-17 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UN MARR |
07STATE147043 | REQUEST FOR WEEKLY UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING [...] PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department is increasingly concerned about the pace of peacekeeping deployment to Darfur. In order to provide more assistance in speeding deployment, the Department will be meeting more regularly at the Assistant Secretary-level. In order to support [...] | 2007-10-22 14:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
07STATE147491 | URGENT DARFUR DEMARCHE FOR AVIATION SUPPORT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 14:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO UN SU |
07STATE147667 | URGENT DARFUR DEMARCHE FOR AVIATION SUPPORT AND [...] Purpose and Objective: This is an action request. All Embassies on the action line are requested to make a high-level demarche by the Ambassador or the DCM requesting the host country to provide the support listed below for the UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID). [...] | 2007-10-23 17:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO UN SU |
07STATE147947 | SUDAN - GUIDANCE FOR SECURITY COUNCIL [...] PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department asks USUN to base its statement at the 24 October 2007 UN Security Council consultations on Sudan on the objectives in paragraph 2. 2. OBJECTIVES: -To stress the linkage of resolution of the Darfur conflict, Comprehensive Peace Agre [...] | 2007-10-23 22:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
07STATE150704 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] This is an action request. The Department authorizes USUN to sponsor and vote in favor of the text in paragraph 2 for the United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution extending the mandate of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). The Department instructs USUN to consult with Washington on any [...] | 2007-10-31 02:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
07STATE154497 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with UN Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Guehenno on November 5 to discuss challenges to UNAMID deployment. U/SYG Guehenno pressed the Deputy Secretary for further U.S. assistance with acquiring the capabilities necessary to mak [...] | 2007-11-09 01:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL UNSC |
07STATE155067 | DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR SAUDI KING ABDULLAH TO PRESSURE [...] (U) PURPOSE. This is an action request. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C) The Department requests Embassy Riyadh to approach the Saudi government at the highest appropriate level to request that the Saudis intercede with Sudanese President Bashir to urge his c [...] | 2007-11-10 05:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SA SU |
07STATE157737 | SIXTH COMMITTEE: RESOLUTION ON CRIMINAL [...] (U) USUN is authorized to join consensus in the Sixth Committee on a resolution (paragraph 3) on establishing procedures for holding UN officials and experts on mission (UN international civilian staff, including UN civilian police) accountable for criminal acts committed while on duty. The Si [...] | 2007-11-18 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNGA UNSC |
07STATE159362 | SUDAN - SECRETARY TO CONVENE A MINISTERIAL ON THE [...] This is an action request, please see paras. 6-9. Responses are appreciated by Tuesday, November 27 at the latest. 2. (SBU) The United States is deeply concerned that the deadlock between the ruling-National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) over thor [...] | 2007-11-21 21:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO UN SU PREL PHUM PGOV IGAD IT |
07STATE161317 | TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON THE DRC [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for UN Security Council consultations regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo on November 28. Begin points: --Despite improvement in the overall security environment and the success of the recent national elections, the United [...] | 2007-11-28 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CG KPKO PREL UNSC |
07STATE161824 | SUDAN - UNAMID DEMARCHE REQUEST TO FOREIGN [...] Purpose and Objective: This is an action request. Embassy Madrid is requested to make a high-level demarche by the Ambassador to Foreign Minister Moratinos requesting Spain to provide helicopter (number 1 priority) or transport support for the United Nation-African Union Mission in Darfur ( [...] | 2007-11-30 00:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO UN SU |
07STATE162617 | ICC - GUIDANCE FOR SCHEDULED DECEMBER 3 USUN [...] (U) USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during the scheduled USUN working level meeting with ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo on December 3 and for its participation in formal ICC consultations with UNSC members on Sudan on December 5: -- The concerns of the United [...] | 2007-12-03 17:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO KJUS PHUM SU |
07STATE163979 | SUDAN - TRANSITION OF USG OWNED/OPERATED AMIS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request for USUN. Please see paras 5 and 6 for instructions and text of a note verbale. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) As requested by the UN, the Department of State is preparing to transfer all USG-owned Darfur peacekeeping equipment and facili [...] | 2007-12-06 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SU |
07STATE166776 | GUIDANCE FOR 13 DECEMBER 2007 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] PURPOSE. This is an action request. The Department asks USUN to draw upon the following three themes for the United Nations (UN) Security Council consultations on the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on 13 December 2007: A) Welcome the progress between the UN and Government of Sudan (GOS [...] | 2007-12-13 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UN SU |
07STATE166912 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to vote in favor of and to co-sponsor the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) mandate renewal resolution during UNSC voting on 14 December, 2007. The text of the resolution is listed in paragraph 2. USUN is authorized to draw from the talking poi [...] | 2007-12-14 04:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO CY |
07STATE79859 | GUIDANCE FOR UN ENVOY BRIEFING ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) USUN is instructed to draw on the following talking points during the June 8 UN Security Council briefing with UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson on the political process in Darfur. 2. (SBU) Begin talking points. -- We welcome your efforts to widen support for the Darfur Pe [...] | 2007-06-08 15:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU |
07STATE84918 | SUDAN: Response to Egypt's Proposal on the AU/UN [...] Egyptian FM Aboul Gheit sent a verbal message to Secretary Rice on May 10 proposing ideas on how to SIPDIS reinvigorate the Darfur peace process. Please deliver the following letter from Secretary Rice. No signed original will follow. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear Mr. Minister: Please accept [...] | 2007-06-18 20:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO AU UN SU EG OPDC |
07SUVA502 | FIJI MILITARY SENDING MURDER SUSPECTS TO UNAMI [...] (C) We have received information that o/a Oct. 27 the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) will deploy to UNAMI in Iraq ten soldiers who allegedly participated in the beating deaths of two civilians early this year, the only confirmed killings related to the military "clean up" campaign aft [...] | 2007-10-25 18:25:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PHUM KPKO FJ UN IZ |
07SUVA506 | FIJI MILITARY STOPPED FROM SENDING SUSPECT [...] (U) Fiji media reported over the weekend that a number of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldiers, suspects in the murder of Sakiusa Rabaka early this year, were stopped from departing on deployment to UNAMI in Iraq. (See reftel for context.) The Fiji Office of the Director for Publi [...] | 2007-10-28 19:35:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PHUM KPKO FJ UNAUS IZ |
07SUVA509 | UN KEY ROLE IN STOPPING FIJI SUSPECTS DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) According to a well-placed embassy source in Fiji Immigration, a UN intervention is what kept the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) headquarters from deploying 7 soldiers and one policeman, all charged with murder (see reftels),to UNAMI last Saturday. Reportedly a letter from the U [...] | 2007-10-29 18:31:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PHUM KPKO FJ UN IZ |
07TBILISI1418 | DEMARCHE BY FRIENDS OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL TO [...] (C) Summary. The Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) delivered a demarche, as agreed in capitals, to the Georgian Government on June 4 and to the Abkhaz de facto authorities in Sukhumi on June 8. The demarche pressed both sides to calm tensions, re-engage in dialog, implement confidence b [...] | 2007-06-13 13:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC RU GG |
07TBILISI1604 | ABKHAZIA: GENEVA-STYLE MEETING IN BONN: SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27 and 28, representatives of the Friends of the UN Secretary General (FSG),together with the UN, met the Georgian and Abkhaz sides for a Geneva-style meeting in Bonn. Most significantly, the sides agreed to resume Quadripartite meetings on law enforcement cooperation i [...] | 2007-07-06 11:36:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC GG RU |
07TELAVIV2425 | UNTSO: GOLAN UNDER CONTROL, SOUTHERN LEBANON [...] (U) The commander of United Nations Treaty Supervision Organization (UNTSO),Major General Ian Gordon (Australia),called on the Ambassador on August 8 to discuss the situation on the ground in his areas of operation, particularly the Lebanese-Israeli border and the Golan Heights. UNTSO is an [...] | 2007-08-10 06:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS UN SY LE IS |
07TELAVIV508 | DEMARCHE ON ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER INCIDENT [...] (S) Ambassador, accompanied by PolCouns and Assistant Air Attache, called on MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad February 15 to deliver reftel demarche (DATT separately demarched IDF Head of Strategic Planning and International Cooperation Division BG Udi Dekel). Ambassador noted that after revi [...] | 2007-02-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PBTS PREL KPKO LE IS |
07TELAVIV620 | FOLLOW-UP ON FEBRUARY 7 ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER [...] (S) The Ambassador, accompanied by PolCouns and Assistant Air Attache, called on MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad February 26. Noting that he had received authorization from Washington to share the imagery on which we had based our earlier demarche (reftels) on the February 7 border incident [...] | 2007-02-27 12:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PBTS KPKO LE IS |
07TELAVIV679 | UNSCR 1701: GOI FOCUS ON SMUGGLING AND SOLDIERS; [...] (C) Summary: UNSYG Special Adviser on the Situation in the Middle East Michael Williams discussed UNSCR 1701 implementation with FM Tzipi Livni and Deputy DefMin Ephraim Sneh during his February 25-26 visit to Israel. Both sides characterized the talks as productive. (Note: In contrast to [...] | 2007-03-02 11:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO LE IS |
07TELAVIV696 | FURTHER DETAILS ON FEBRUARY 7 ISRAEL-LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: From a vantage point behind the Israeli security fence, the area cleared by IDF troops during the February 7 border incident with Lebanon appears to be south of the Blue Line, at least as marked by UNIFIL after the fact. The commander of the IDF unit involved in the incident des [...] | 2007-03-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PBTS KPKO LE IS |
07THEHAGUE485 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: BALANCING SUDAN, BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary: The GONL's top priority for the HRC's 4th regular session remains Sudan. The Dutch do not believe that HRC action on Zimbabwe is practical. They are willing to consider alternative strategies, however, and their human rights ambassador will travel to Harare at the end of this we [...] | 2007-03-19 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEAN EUN KPKO PREL UNHCR UNSC BM CD |
07THEHAGUE746 | NETHERLANDS/DARFUR: DUTCH SEE YEY TO EYE WITH U.S. [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires and poloff delivered reftel demarches to MFA interlocutors April 19 and 20. Laurent Stokvis, MFA Director of the Americas Department, told CDA that the U.S. and the Netherlands were "in sync" on Sudan. He added that Development Minister Bert Koenders' meeting last week w [...] | 2007-04-20 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC SU NL |
07TOKYO1680 | GPOI: MOFA TELLS AA/S MULL JAPAN STILL STUDYING [...] (C) Summary. Japan continues to study ways to contribute to the Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative (GPOI),MOFA Foreign Policy Deputy Director General Nagamine told Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Mull during their April 11 meeting, but must first overcome hi [...] | 2007-04-18 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO JA |
07TOKYO2259 | JAPAN STUDYING TLSA, WILL RESPOND WITHIN TWO WEEKS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 18 to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto explained that Japan will need at least one week before it can make a substantive comment. 2. (SBU) MOFA POCs for the TLSA are [...] | 2007-05-18 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR KPKO JA |
07TOKYO2329 | JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT HYBRID OPERATION [...] (U) This message contains an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 23 to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto and UN Policy Division Sudan Desk Officer Hirotaka Ishikawa. Fuj [...] | 2007-05-24 04:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU JA |
07TOKYO2728 | JAPAN TO PUSH FOR EFFECTIVE HYBRID OP FRAMEWORK, [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel C demarche June 15 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto and UN Policy Division Sudan Desk Officer Hirotaka Ishikawa. Ishikawa said that Japan agrees with all of the U.S. concerns about the mandate and the comman [...] | 2007-06-18 02:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU JA |
07TOKYO3505 | JAPAN TO EXTEND SELF DEFENSE FORCE PARTICIPATION [...] (U) Japan decided July 31 to extend Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) participation in the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights (UNDOF) for an additional six months ending March 31, 2008, according to press reports confirmed by MOFA contacts. The decision was made in response [...] | 2007-08-01 07:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS IS SY JA KPKO |
07TOKYO3592 | MOFA ASKS ABOUT U.S. ROLE IN THE UN-AU HYBRID [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Media reports are premature that Japan will provide 50 billion yen (USD 417 million) to PKOs in Sudan, said MOFA First Africa Division Deputy Director Sotaro Ozaki during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo Political Offi [...] | 2007-08-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PREF SU JA |
07TOKYO4375 | JAPAN SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MINUSTAH, AWAITING [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Tokyo Political officer delivered reftel demarche September 19 to MOFA Caribbean Division Haiti Desk Officer Akiko Yamasaki. Yamasaki said that Japan will support the extension of the MINUSTAH mandate, and althoug [...] | 2007-09-19 09:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPKO EFIN PGOV PREL HA JA |
07TOKYO585 | SUBJECT: A/S SILVERBERG MEETINGS ON UN REFORM [...] (C) Subject: Improving efficiency in peacekeeping operations, promoting strong ethical practices, insisting on improvement in the Human Rights Council, and cooperating behind the scenes on upcoming international organization elections are some of the ways the United States and Japan can work [...] | 2007-02-08 23:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR KPKO JA BM |
07TOKYO738 | JAPAN NOT READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO AMISOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPKO MOPS SO JA |
07TRIPOLI1026 | ABDALLAH YEHIA IS "UNQUESTIONED LEADER" OF SLA/UNITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Three SLA/Unity representatives visiting Tripoli said December 9 that Abdallah Yehia is the unquestioned leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)/Unity branch and that SLA/Unity is open to an agreement with the newly-formed United Revolutionary Front (URF),though serious [...] | 2007-12-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
07TRIPOLI436 | LIBYA: DARFUR CONFERENCE ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Libyan-organized conference on Darfur April 28-29 was a substantive success (Reftel),but the scheduling challenges posed by a last minute decision by the Leader to fly all delegates to Sirte to meet with him exemplify the capricious environment in which even Libya's most seni [...] | 2007-05-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO LY |
07TRIPOLI909 | ARAB DONORS' CONFERENCE ON DARFUR [...] (U) The Charge conveyed reftel points to MFA Secretary for Americas Affairs Dr. Ahmed Fituri October 25, urging the GOL to make contributions in a manner supportive of UN and Transitional Darfur Regional Authority efforts in Darfur. Fituri said Ambassador to Khartoum Omar al-Hamdi would repres [...] | 2007-10-25 12:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU AL LY |
07TRIPOLI929 | DARFUR TALKS STRUGGLE WITH POOR REBEL ATTENDANCE [...] (C) Summary: UN/AU-led Darfur mediation talks began as announced on October 27 in Sirte, Libya, even in the absence of major political and military leaders from the Darfur rebel movements. The UN/AU leadership is slowly proceeding with a plan to dispatch teams to Juba and Darfur to encourag [...] | 2007-11-04 12:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU LY |
07TRIPOLI930 | (C) LIBYA EXTRACTS SUDANESE, ERITREAN PROMISES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 30 meeting with S/E Andrew Natsios, Secretary-General of the Community of Sahal-Saharan States, Mohammad al-Madani, briefed S/E Natsios on Libyan efforts in support of the UN/AU Darfur political process, including extracting an agreement from Sudanese President Ad [...] | 2007-11-04 12:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU LY |
07TUNIS890 | TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HYBRID OPERATION IN [...] (C) Pol/EconCouns on July 2 conveyed Ref A message to MFA Director for North American Affairs Moez Sinaoui. Acknowledging the GOT's negative responses to earlier requests for Darfur PKO support requests (Refs C and E),she urged the GOT to give further consideration to the matter. Pol/EconCoun [...] | 2007-07-05 16:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS TS |
07TUNIS899 | GOT ASKS WHO IS CONTRIBUTING TO DARFUR HYBRID [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST -- PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (SBU) On July 6, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points requesting Tunisian support, in the form of police and/or military observers, for the Darfur Hybrid Operations to MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah. Atallah asked w [...] | 2007-07-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU TS |
07ULAANBAATAR666 | DEATH OF MONGOLIAN PEACEKEEPER IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (SBU) A Mongolian peacekeeper, 21-year old Private B. Mungonshagai, died November 20 in Sierra Leone, reportedly of tuberculosis. He was one of 250 Mongolian peacekeepers guarding the war crimes tribunal. (Note: Mongolia also has forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.) Mungonshagai's remains arriv [...] | 2007-11-29 09:08:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PGOV EAID MG SL |
07USEUBRUSSELS520 | EUROPEAN UNION SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission is apparently softening its preconditions for releasing the 15 million euros it has earmarked to support the African Union in establishing the AMISOM peacekeeping mission. The Council of the European Union is looking favorably at the specific AU request f [...] | 2007-02-15 10:25:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO |
07USUNNEWYORK1027 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --US DPKO Under Secretary General Guehenno met with Sudanese Major General Maghzoub on November 11th in Addis Ababa in an effort to find a way forward with UNAMID deployments. Guehenno briefed the Security Council on November 14 on the details of his meetings. -- [...] | 2007-11-15 21:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK1052 | DARFUR: SYG BAN SAYS BRAZIL AND SPAIN WILL [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with Amb Khalilzad (discussion of Lebanon and Burma covered in septels),SYG Ban Ki-Moon noted that UN Special Envoy Eliason would brief the Security Council next week on developments in Sudan. In the meantime, the SYG noted that he was somewhat encouraged by [...] | 2007-11-20 21:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
07USUNNEWYORK1061 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --Deployment Update: Chinese officials informed UN Under Secretary General Guehenno that the first elements of 135 SIPDIS engineers would deploy on or about 24 November as part of the Heavy Support Package (HSP). DPKO Force Generation Services (FGS) expects that w [...] | 2007-11-21 21:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UNAUS KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK107 | SYG BAN DOES LITTLE TO EASE COUNCIL FRUSTRATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his first appearance at a closed Security Council (SC) consultation, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon on February 6 said little SIPDIS to assuage Members' frustration with the slow pace of progress on Darfur. He reported that African Union (AU) Comm [...] | 2007-02-08 15:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK1092 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 29 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --Deployment Update: China has deployed the 135 engineers first elements of its engineer company that is part of the Heavy Support Package (HSP). DPKO Force Generation Services (FGS) expects that with the exception of the Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU),this wi [...] | 2007-11-29 22:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK1114 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST: G/TIP MULTILATERAL [...] Mission clearance is granted for Carla Menares-Bury, Multilateral Affairs Coordinator in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, to participate in the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse on December 5 - 7, 2007 [...] | 2007-12-04 21:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM OTRA UNGA KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK1132 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 6 [...] (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: China Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU),remain the only HSP units arriving in calendar year 2007. --TCC Update: Still no firm pledge of helicopters or transport units. --Contracting Issues: UN plans to assume Operations and Maintenanc [...] | 2007-12-06 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1166 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit. Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN is conducting a PDV with Pakistan this week. Egypt has submitted a load list and [...] | 2007-12-13 22:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1169 | UN AND WORLD BANK STRENGTHEN POST-CONFLICT [...] SUMMARY: UN and World Bank officials have jointly briefed New York missions on measures to improve field coordination and standardize operating procedures, improving consistency and reaction time to post-conflict emergencies. Initiatives include standardizing fiduciary arrangements and fund t [...] | 2007-12-14 18:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPKO UN |
07USUNNEWYORK117 | UNSC/SUDAN: SOUTH NEEDS AS MUCH ATTENTION AS WEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (SYG) Guehenno told the UN Security Council (SC) at February 8 consultations that the international community had a crucial role to play in ensuring full implementation of the Comprehensive [...] | 2007-02-09 22:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK1177 | LEBANON: COUNCIL DEBATE ON UNSCR 1701 CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on December 12, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen reported that Lebanon's continuing political impasse had prevented further progress on the implementation of resolution 1701. He called for presidential elections to be held as so [...] | 2007-12-17 16:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1200 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 20 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment Update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit; Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN concluded a pre-d [...] | 2007-12-20 21:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK130 | PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION COUNTRY GROUPS APPROVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following criticism of the slow pace of Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) work expressed in separate Security Council and General Assembly debates this month, the country-specific component of the PBC has approved ambitious schedules for finalizing peacebuilding "strategies" in Sie [...] | 2007-02-13 22:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO SOCI UNGA UN EFIN |
07USUNNEWYORK132 | SECURITY COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSS [...] SUMMARY: The Security Council and the General Assembly held separate sessions on January 30 and February 6, 2007 respectively to discuss post-conflict peacebuilding. In both venues, speakers urged the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) to focus on work in its country-specific format where it is [...] | 2007-02-15 14:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO SOCI UNGA EFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK134 | DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO BLAMES SLOW DARFUR PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant-Secretary Silverberg met with United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (SYG) Guehenno on February 8 to discuss Department concerns on Darfur progress, including candidates for Special Representative and Force Commander for the h [...] | 2007-02-15 21:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK136 | (S) SYG BAN KI-MOON CONSIDERING IRAQ VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with IO A/S Silverberg, UN DPA Middle East Advisor Michael Williams said SYG Ban Ki-Moon is considering a stopover in Iraq in connection with his participation in the March 28 Arab League meeting in Riyadh. SYG Ban is also considering visits to Egy [...] | 2007-02-15 22:29:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK144 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF RAISES HIZBALLAH RE-ARMAMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie SIPDIS Guehenno on February 20, Ambassador Wolff and IO A/S Silverberg raised strong USG concerns of arms smuggling into Lebanon and claims by Hizballah SYG Nasrallah that his organization [...] | 2007-02-21 19:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK149 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH SLOVAK FM KUBIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Slovak FM Jan Kubis, IO A/S Silverberg and Acting Permrep Wolff advised FM Jan Kubis that the U.S. would not look favorably on any Slovak action that undermined UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's proposals on Kosovo in the Security Council. Kubi [...] | 2007-02-22 23:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK15 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH JAN ELIASSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson said his immediate priorities for addressing the Darfur crisis were reducing the ongoing violence and finding a way to restart the political process. Natsios listed actions by [...] | 2007-01-11 22:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK156 | DARFUR: USG AND UN GET READY TO TEST BASHIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Silverberg expressed on February 20 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Guehenno U.S. support for UN candidates for leadership positions in the Darfur hybrid operation. The A/S also pushed for deployment of advance elements of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) in ord [...] | 2007-02-27 23:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK161 | UNSC MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON UN PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At February 27 consultations, a majority of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members advocated a go-slow approach toward UN peacekeeping in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR),mindful of Chadian President Deby's attitude toward deployment, which so far has been eq [...] | 2007-03-01 14:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD ET PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK168 | AU PEACE AND SECURITY COMMISSIONER DJINNIT CALLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Said Djinnit told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in an informal meeting on February 28 that he was in New York to finalize modalities with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) on all three phases of Darf [...] | 2007-03-02 22:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CD ET PGOV PREL SO SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK18 | DPKO SAYS NO PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN CHAD/CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After unusually testy exchanges with some Security Council Members at January 10 consultations over accusations that the United Nations was dragging its feet on deployment of forces to eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),the UN Department of Peacekeeping [...] | 2007-01-12 15:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK190 | VISITING UNIFIL OFFICER DESCRIBES SITUATION IN [...] (C) Summary. Visiting UNIFIL political advisor Cornelia Frank (please protect) told USUN March 8 that while UNIFIL takes Israeli reports of arms smuggling and Hizballah refortification south of the Litani river seriously, it has thus far found little evidence to fully substantiate these alleg [...] | 2007-03-09 22:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK193 | DARFUR DEPLOYMENT: THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Most every element of Darfur deployment is frustrated by political and physical realities: supporting infrastructure for light support package (LSP) military and civilian officials is inadequate, and AMIS has refused to integrate even the relative few who have arrived; constructio [...] | 2007-03-12 10:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK207 | PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION TRIPS TO SIERRA LEONE AND [...] The Peacebuilding Commission's efforts to draft "integrated peacebuilding strategies" for Sierra Leone and Burundi are advancing, with visits planned to both countries during the next month. Perm Reps from five UN missions (Guinea, Ghana, Jamaica, Brazil, and The Netherlands as the working gr [...] | 2007-03-14 20:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO SOCI UNGA EAID |
07USUNNEWYORK212 | UN DPA ON SYG BAN KI-MOON'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A/S SILVERBERG AND DAS DANIN MET WITH UN DPA MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR MICHAEL WILLIAMS MARCH 13 TO DISCUSS THE SYG'S FORTHCOMING MIDDLE EAST TRIP AND UPCOMING UNSCR 1701 REPORT. SYG BAN KI-MOON PLANS TO MEET WITH SARG PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASAD ON THE MARGINS OF THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETI [...] | 2007-03-15 23:31:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL LE SY IS |
07USUNNEWYORK218 | ISRAELI MFA IO HEAD RONNY YA'AR OUTLINES POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. During a lunch meeting with IO A/S Silverberg, NEA DAS Danin, and Ambassador Wolff on March 13, senior Israeli MFA official Ronny Ya'ar expressed concerns about SYG Ban Ki-Moon's planned travel to Damascus in April, possible references to new UN conclusions about the sovereignty [...] | 2007-03-19 17:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL LE SY IS |
07USUNNEWYORK227 | UNSC/DARFUR: MEMBERS DISAPPOINTED WITH BASHIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At March 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno stressed that the three-phase package of Darfur peacekeeping operations was "indivisible," with its proposals "interlinked and interdependent." [...] | 2007-03-21 00:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK259 | UN FORCE IN CHAD: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a private meeting with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),Minister of External Affairs of Chad Ahmad Allam-mi stressed the GOC was still in the "exploratory phase" of its deliberations on possible UN peacekeeping in eastern Chad and was open to discussion on the mili [...] | 2007-03-30 23:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK268 | UNSC/DARFUR: SE NATSIOS MEETINGS ON APRIL 2 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew Natsios met on April 2 with United Nations leadership to discuss the state of play in New York on Darfur in the wake of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh. Despite a sense of frustration at Sudanese President Bashir's continued stall [...] | 2007-04-05 16:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK271 | UNSCR 1701: SYG BAN FORWARD-LEANING ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 5 closed briefing to the UN Security Council on his recent visit to Middle East and his March report on UNSCR 1701 implementation (other topics reported septel),UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon took a very forward-leaning approach on reports of arms smuggling into Lebanon an [...] | 2007-04-06 15:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK272 | UN/DARFUR: POTENTIAL SYG-DPKO DIVIDE ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. There seems to be a crack of daylight between the thinking of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon and Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) leadership regarding next steps on dealing with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on Darfur. Despite [...] | 2007-04-09 19:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK28 | SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES ADVANCE MISSION TO [...] (U) On January 16 the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) requesting the Secretary-General to deploy an advance mission to Chad and the Central African Republic to lay the political groundwork for an eventual multidimensional UN presence in those [...] | 2007-01-16 23:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO CD SU |
07USUNNEWYORK295 | UNSC/DARFUR: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AFTER APRIL 9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 12 consultations, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Members welcomed news of the apparent "success" enjoyed by Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov at the April 9 UN/African Union (AU)/Sudanese Government of National Uni [...] | 2007-04-16 16:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK30 | DARFUR: P-3 AND DPKO FOCUS ON AU SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 principals and DPKO chief Guehenno agreed on January 15 that the January 29-30 African Union Summit presents an important opportunity for achieving clarity on the way forward in Darfur. USUN and UKUN principals pushed Guehenno to use scheduled high-level UN-AU meetings on Jan [...] | 2007-01-17 22:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO CD SU |
07USUNNEWYORK317 | UNSC/SUDAN: NO CLEAR SUPPORT FOR 3-MONTH UNMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Taye Brook-Zerihoun briefed the SIPDIS United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at April 23 consultations on the status of the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreemen [...] | 2007-04-24 23:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK318 | UNSC/DARFUR: STILL NO HYBRID CLARITY AFTER AU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. High-level United Nations (UN),African Union (AU) and Member State officials participated in an April 16 informal meeting on Darfur intended to allow an exchange of views on next steps on the political, peacekeeping and humanitarian tracks. UN and AU leadership concurred that [...] | 2007-04-24 23:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK32 | CHINESE THREATEN VETO OF MINUSTAH MANDATE ABSENT [...] (C) Following up on earlier conversations (ref A),Chinese PolMinCouns Li Junhua approached USUN PolMinCouns on January 16 to provide an update on PRC concerns about renewing the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) given Haiti's support for Taiwan at the UN. After notin [...] | 2007-01-18 00:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK320 | UNSC/DARFUR: DPKO DISCUSSES HYBRID COMMAND AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 16 meeting with United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jean-Marie Guehenno, the USG pushed for clarity on issues of command and control of the third stage of the three-phase Darfur peacekeeping plan outlined in [...] | 2007-04-25 00:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK340 | UNSC/SUDAN: UNMIS MANDATE EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 31 [...] (SBU) Following last-minute negotiations with the Qatari Mission on the draft resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS),the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the text on April 30 as UNSC resolution 1755 (2007); text in Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) In [...] | 2007-05-01 15:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK359 | UNSC/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: THE DEVIL IS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov told the UN Security Council (UNSC) at May 8 consultations that a renewed appeal from the UNSC was needed to defuse the tense and volatile military situation on the ground in Ethiopia [...] | 2007-05-09 16:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK36 | DPA REQUESTS USG HELP ENGAGING CHADIAN ARMED [...] (SBU) At a January 19 meeting with USUN Ambassador Sanders, United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh requested U.S. assistance in engaging with the Chadian armed opposition when the UN's advance mission deploys to N'Djamena. He said that the Dep [...] | 2007-01-22 15:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CD SU UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK368 | P5 AGREE TO COOPERATE ON SUDAN AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (SBU) On May 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convened his first meeting of the Permanent Five United Nations Security Council Members (UNSC). Members welcomed Ambassador Khalilzad's commitment to begin regular P5 consultations and to make use of this forum to advance shared goals and harmonize posit [...] | 2007-05-12 00:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK |
07USUNNEWYORK374 | IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...] | 2007-05-14 22:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK |
07USUNNEWYORK397 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: DRC, BURUNDI, RWANDA, UGANDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC Sanctions Committee met on May 11 with representatives from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda to seek their further cooperation with the Group of Experts (the panel responsible for identifying violations of the arms embargo and other measures). DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda [...] | 2007-05-21 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CG ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK399 | RESPONSE TO NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) PolMinsCouns and Poloff delivered ref A and B points to United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant-Secretary General Hedi Annabi, DPKO Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov, DPKO Military Planning Service Chief Ian Sinclair and DPKO Office of Mission Suppo [...] | 2007-05-21 23:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PREL SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK400 | UNSC/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY ELIASSON TELLS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In back-to-back meetings with Ambassador Khalilzad and with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Five Members on May 17, UN Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Jan Eliasson recommended the Council set high markers for all parties to the Darfur peace process to help move [...] | 2007-05-21 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK407 | SYG ASKS USG TO HOLD OFF ON SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) This cable contains a recommendation; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) In a May 23 meeting, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon gave Ambassador Khalilzad the "good news" that he and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare had agreed earlier in the day on the draft [...] | 2007-05-24 00:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK431 | DPKO WARNS OF RISING TENSIONS ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 29 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi described rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and dangerous restrictions on the movement of the UN Mission there (UNMEE). Annabi warn [...] | 2007-06-01 15:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK433 | UNSC/CHAD: NO AGREEMENT YET ON UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 31 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov updated on the security situation in eastern Chad and on prospects for UN peacekeeping in the region. Titov reported on conversations that the UN t [...] | 2007-06-01 19:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK435 | NO SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1706 AS HYBRID BASIS FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad convened a June 1 meeting of the Security Council Permanent Three Members to deliver ref A points. Participating in the meeting were UK Permanent Representative (PR) Emyr Jones Parry, UN Counsellor Paul Johnston, French Charge Jean-Marie Lacroix, French Counsellor Nic [...] | 2007-06-01 20:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CD CT PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK441 | HAITI: COUNCIL ENDORSES MULET'S LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on Haiti on May 30, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Edmund Mulet hailed recent GOH/MINUSTAH success in combating gangs and securing Cite Soleil, but warned that the international community must "stay the course" and avoid a "premat [...] | 2007-06-04 20:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO HA |
07USUNNEWYORK467 | UNMIT SRSG KHARE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, UNMIT SRSG Khare updated the Security Council on the recent presidential elections, the Parliamentary elections scheduled for June 30, and the future challenges in Timor-Leste. The Council was unanimous in its praise for the peaceful conduct of the presidential elect [...] | 2007-06-08 23:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO TL |
07USUNNEWYORK469 | ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER IMPASSE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel instructions, PolMinCouns and Poloff discussed the Eritrea-Ethiopia border impasse with Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Juul in the run-up to the November 27 deadline for demarcation by coordinates as imposed by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC). [...] | 2007-06-11 22:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF AU ER EU PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO ET |
07USUNNEWYORK490 | UNSC/DARFUR: GNU ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID DEEPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his June 13 briefing to the Security Council, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Guehenno confirmed Sudanese acceptance of the hybrid operation for Darfur after "comprehensive clarifications" on the June 5 UN-African Union (AU) report. The Suda [...] | 2007-06-15 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK557 | DPKO BRIEFS P3 PLUS BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno briefed the P3 plus Two (South Africa and Belgium) on the situation in the DRC and its implications for an eventual MONUC phase-out. The discussion mostly concerned the deteriorating security situation in the Kivus [...] | 2007-07-09 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC UNSC KPKO MOPS CG |
07USUNNEWYORK563 | AU/UN HYBRID IN DARFUR: NARROWING DIFFERENCES [...] (C) This message updates on the current state of play in pre-negotiations on the draft Security Council resolution likely to be tabled July 11 by the UK and Ghana mandating the African Union (AU) - United Nations (UN) hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur. This message contains a recommendat [...] | 2007-07-11 00:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK573 | U.S. OFFICIALS BRIEF UNSYG ON PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE [...] (C) White House CEQ Chairman Connaughton and Under Secretary Dobriansky briefed UN Secretary-General Ban on the SIPDIS President's May 31 climate change initiative (reftel) during a June 18 meeting at the UN. Connaughton and Dobriansky clarified the USG goals and how the initiative would c [...] | 2007-07-13 19:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KGHG SENV PREL KPKO SU |
07USUNNEWYORK579 | KHARTOUM TIGHTENS GRIP ON AU AND UNSC OVER HYBRID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The extent of the influence of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) over the hybrid draft resolution was apparent during July 13 meetings at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in which African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare participated. In a private mee [...] | 2007-07-16 22:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK580 | UNSC/DARFUR: HYBRID JOINT SPECIAL REP SEEMS SHAKY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 16 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada offered no assurance that he would be able to reconcile competing strategic directives from the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) over administration of the hybrid o [...] | 2007-07-16 22:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK583 | UN/COTE D'IVOIRE: COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1765 [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1765 (2007) on July 16, renewing the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 15, 2008. The resolution requests UNOCI to support the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement and encourages the Facilit [...] | 2007-07-17 16:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CI PREL UNSC KPKO PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK596 | STILL NO CLEAR UN PLAN FOR CHAD/CAR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At July 13 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno revealed a revised proposal for deployment of UN civilian police and Chadian gendarmes in eastern Chad/northeastern CAR, based around a [...] | 2007-07-20 23:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK598 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 19, USUN delivered ref A demarche and Note Verbale to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Office of Mission Support Assistant-Secretary-General Jane Holl Lute. Holl Lute shared USG impatience over stalled deployment of the two AMIS infantry batta [...] | 2007-07-20 23:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK6 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH UN DPKO GUEHENNO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno said the UN is making progress in implementing phases one and two of the Addis/Abuja framework. Full implementation, however, will require greater clarity on the UN/AU hybrid command ph [...] | 2007-01-09 22:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK601 | SECRETARIAT DELIVERS TOUGH UNSCR 1701/LIBAT [...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on the SYG,s latest UNSCR 1701 report as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) on July 18, UNSCO Michael Williams spoke at length about the need for greater progress on the issue of prisoners, compliance with the a [...] | 2007-07-24 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK63 | DPKO URGES PRESSURE ON BASHIR, KONARE TO ASSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN Ambassador Sanders delivered ref A points to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Hedi Annabi on January 25, stressing our interest in helping DPKO to identify and deploy as early as possible any and all elements of t [...] | 2007-01-26 00:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK632 | UNSC UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS HYBRID RESOLUTION [...] (U) At a July 31 public meeting, the United Nations Security Council adopted the draft resolution authorizing the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping operation for Darfur. The resolution was co-sponsored by Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Peru, Slovakia and the UK, and was adopted unanim [...] | 2007-08-02 00:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK636 | DPKO SEEKS P5 HELP AGAINST SUDAN'S OBSTACLES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 1 meeting of P5 Ambassadors, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno solicited P5 bilateral engagement with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on the issue of GNU restrictions on movement of goods and flight clearan [...] | 2007-08-03 00:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK651 | COUNCIL ADOPTS LEBANON STATEMENT AFTER QATAR [...] (C) The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on August 3 in response to the Secretary-General's latest report on the implementation of SIPDIS resolution 1701 as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (full text of PRST below). The PRST w [...] | 2007-08-08 23:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK656 | UNSC WELCOMES ARUSHA PROGRESS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 9 United Nations Security Council consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Hedi Annabi heralded the positive atmosphere at August 3-6 Arusha consultations, which represented the first meeting of all key leaders in the Darfur conf [...] | 2007-08-09 23:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK664 | ACTION REQUEST: ADDRESSING THE UN'S REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a Presidential Statement (PRST) adopted on August 3 (reftel),the UN Security Council reiterated its support for the Secretary-General,s request that Israel provide the UN detailed data on its use of cluster bombs in south Lebanon to aid in UN de-mining efforts. T [...] | 2007-08-10 23:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO LE IS |
07USUNNEWYORK667 | FRENCH PERMREP PLEDGES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USUN [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad greeted newly-arrived French PermRep Jean-Maurice Ripert for a courtesy call on August 10. Ripert began the meeting by declaring bluntly that U.S.-French relations "are not what they should be," and that although the two countries might disagree, the "ways of disagreement sh [...] | 2007-08-14 15:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC IR KO LE SU |
07USUNNEWYORK672 | POST CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRAVEL TO USUN [...] (U) Post clearance is granted per reftel request for travel to USUN on Thursday, August 16, for consultations on UNSCR 1769 and related issues. 2. (U) The tentative schedule for reftel delegation includes 0900-1200 DPKO meetings, a 1400-1530 UN Force Generation Service meeting, a 15:45-16:4 [...] | 2007-08-15 16:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK676 | READ-OUT OF MEETINGS WITH SYG BAN ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) In an August 14 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon discussed his upcoming SIPDIS September 2-4 visit to Sudan, which would also include stops in Chad and Libya. The SYG hoped by the time of his trip, United Nations (UN) Special Envoy Eliasson and A [...] | 2007-08-15 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK685 | DPKO REJECTS ISRAELI CLAIMS OF NEW WEAPONS FLOWS [...] (C) Summary. During UNSC consultations on UNIFIL's mandate on August 16, DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi acknowledged that the situation in south Lebanon had changed as a result of recent attacks against UNIFIL, but rejected Israeli claims of Hizballah refortification and illegal weapons transfers int [...] | 2007-08-16 23:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK695 | CHAD/CAR: UN URGES COUNCIL TO "TRUST BUT VERIFY" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 21 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi advised the Security Council to "trust but verify" plans for peacekeeping in eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),given Chadian President [...] | 2007-08-21 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK704 | UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS UNIFIL'S MANDATE AMID [...] (U) The UN Security Council unanimously approved resolution 1773 on 24 August 2007 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 August 2008. (Note: The full text of the resolution is contained in reftel and can be found on the UN website. End Note.) [...] | 2007-08-24 22:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK705 | DPKO PRESENTS SYG'S REPORT ON MINUSTAH [...] (SBU) Summary. DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi briefed Friends of Haiti representatives on August 24 on the highlights of the SYG,s latest report on MINUSTAH. Although the SYG recommended no changes to MINUSTAH's mandate, he urged the UNSC to lower MINUSTAH,s troop strength by 140 and raise its polic [...] | 2007-08-24 22:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO HA |
07USUNNEWYORK717 | MONTHLY UNSC MIDEAST DEBATE: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR [...] (U) Summary. During a seven-hour monthly UNSC debate on the Middle East on August 29 featuring over 30 speakers, UNSCO Michael Williams professed "guarded optimism" about recent developments in the Arab-Israeli peace process but was decidedly downcast about the reality on the ground. Amb Wol [...] | 2007-08-30 22:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KPAL KWBG SY LE IS |
07USUNNEWYORK74 | SYG BAN PROPOSES RESTRUCTURING OF DPKO [...] (U) Secretary-General Ban has proposed restructuring the Secretariat to downgrade the Department of Disarmament SIPDIS Affairs (DDA) and split the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) into two distinct departments. Ban has asked the GA to give its blessing to the proposals, which he [...] | 2007-01-30 22:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KUNR KPKO UN UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK748 | HAITIAN PERMREP PLEDGES HAITI WILL NOT PROVOKE [...] (C) During a meeting on September 10, Haitian PermRep Leo Merores told Poloff he did not expect China to object to a one-year extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) when it expires on October 15, 2007. (Note: China threatened to veto MINUSTAH's mandate in [...] | 2007-09-13 14:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK749 | UNIFIL COMMANDER GRAZIANO MAINTAINS THAT SOUTH [...] (C) During consultations in New York September 4-7 with the UN, troop contributing countries (TCC),members of the Security Council, and other interested delegations, UNIFIL Force Commander Graziano declared that Hizballah's arms pose the greatest threat to stability in Lebanon. But he mainta [...] | 2007-09-13 18:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK75 | UNSC/PBC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE PEACEBUILDING [...] (U) Summary. The Security Council held closed consultations on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on Tuesday, January 23, in advance of the January 31 open debate. The Russians, as Council President for January, sought to use the Council's engagement this month to exert leadership over a bod [...] | 2007-01-31 14:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK760 | SYG BAN URGES UNSC TO EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE FOR [...] (U) During UNSC consultations on September 13, SYG Ban reported on his August 1-2 visit to Haiti and appealed to delegates to seize an "historic opportunity" to make progress in that country by staying the course and avoiding early disengagement. Recounting how he had walked through Cite Sole [...] | 2007-09-17 17:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC HA |
07USUNNEWYORK90 | SECURITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During UNSC consultations on January 29, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmund Mulet strongly defended recent joint operations between the UN and the Haitian National Police (HNP) against armed gangs i [...] | 2007-02-01 23:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK91 | SECURITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During UNSC consultations on January 29, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmund Mulet strongly defended recent joint operations between the UN and the Haitian National Police (HNP) against armed gangs i [...] | 2007-02-01 23:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK951 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Darfur deployment update: --AMIS Force Commander has yet to request in writing that contracted US military advisors continue in their current positions; --The first of the High Ranking Operational & Technical Advisory Team (HROTAT) visits began this week with UN personnel trav [...] | 2007-11-01 23:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF SU UNC KPKO UN |
07USUNNEWYORK971 | LEBANON: UNSC AGREES THAT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a private meeting of the Security Council November 5, UNSC Resolution 1559 Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen reported that the political crisis that had "paralyzed" Lebanon since November 2006 had made it very difficult to achieve further progress towards the implementatio [...] | 2007-11-07 22:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO SY LE IS |
07USUNNEWYORK980 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER 8 [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott met with DPKO U/SYG Guehenno November 8 to discuss UNAMID deployment. Guehenno reported that Sudanese Major General had backpedaled on his promise to meet in Addis Ababa after the UN communicated that the meeting would be primarily technical and not an opportunity to [...] | 2007-11-08 23:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO |
07VIENNA415 | AUSTRIA ON PKO IN SOMALIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented ref (a) demarche on February 14 to Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide and Africa head Caroline Gudenus. 2. (C) Gudenus said the Somalia mission (AMISOM) was extremely important, and Austria would back the EU's extension of support to th [...] | 2007-02-15 15:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS KPKO PHUM PREL EUN SO AU |
07WELLINGTON337 | NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PLANS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-24 06:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL NZ |
07YAOUNDE1271 | SARKOZY-BIYA SUMMIT: A FRENCH VIEW FROM CAMEROON [...] (C) Summary. Less than one week after returning from UNGA and a protracted stay in Geneva, President Paul Biya left October 22 for Paris, where he will attend UNESCO's general conference and meet on October 26 with French President Sarkozy for the first bilateral meeting between the two pre [...] | 2007-10-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KCRO KPKO CM FR |
08ABUJA1338 | NIGERIA: ARMY CLAIMS SOMALIA-BOUND BATTALION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON has publicly stated that their long-promised AMISOM peacekeeping battalion is ready for deployment. In a June 25, 2008 report by Reuters, Nigerian Army spokesman Brigadier General Emeka Onwuamaegbu not only said that an 800-strong battalion was ready to deploy, but that N [...] | 2008-07-15 08:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PGOV MOPS MASS MARR SO NI |
08ABUJA1844 | DRL A/S KRAMER MEETS NIGERIAN FONMIN MADUEKWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) David Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to discuss Nigerian involvement in peacekeeping, Sudan, the UN Human Rights Council, the Niger Delta and coordinating positi [...] | 2008-09-11 11:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MASS MARR MCAP KNNP KPKO KUNR |
08ABUJA2118 | NIGERIA'S FORCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNAMID AND AMISOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 21 meeting with DATT and Poloff, Defense Headquarters Director of Peacekeeping Operations Major General F.N. Osokogu confirmed that the GON will meet its stated commitments to deploy troops to UNAMID and AMISOM. He shared a number of details about the status of t [...] | 2008-10-27 17:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU NI |
08ABUJA2371 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV MASS AU NI |
08ABUJA2541 | NIGERIA: REINFORCING AMISOM [...] (U) Per reftel, DCM spoke with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Bagudu Hirse on December 30 regarding reftel request and offer. Hirse underscored Nigeria's intent to deploy a full battalion to Somalia, and asked for a note verbale laying out our points so that he could take it [...] | 2008-12-31 10:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SO NI |
08ABUJA345 | NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS - YAR'ADUA AND HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of two analytical cables that will take a close look at President Yar,Adua and his government during their first eight months in office, providing a report card of how we think he and his administration have done. This will be followed by a "Look Ah [...] | 2008-02-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON KPKO NI |
08ABUJA64 | NIGERIAN MILITARY DELIVERS ITS AMISOM EQUIPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 8, Embassy Abuja's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) received the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff's (COAS) list of equipment requirements for the 231 Infantry Battalion, expected to be deployed to Somalia within the next few months. Pending since November 16, in Post's [...] | 2008-01-10 17:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MASS PREL PGOV NI |
08ACCRA849 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION: GOVERNMENT OF GHANA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV GH |
08ADDISABABA1001 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: SRSG ENNIFAR ON THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 8, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Force Commander Major General Mohammad Taisir Masadeh, and UNMEE Addis Ababa Head of Office Joseph Stephanides briefed the Ambassador on the [...] | 2008-04-10 15:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1022 | ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER TO CALL ON UN SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu on April 11 made it clear to Ambassadors representing PermReps to the UN Security Council that Ethiopia was frustrated and dismayed with the April 8 Secretary General's report on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border. SIPDIS [...] | 2008-04-14 13:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1063 | SOMALIA: MFA HINTS AT AN EXTENDED TFG TRANSITION [...] (C) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told Ambassador Yamamoto and visiting Director of the Office of East African Affairs James Knight that the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah is working on a plan to extend Somalia's "Transi [...] | 2008-04-16 13:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA1134 | SOMALIA: SPOKESMAN FOR PRESIDENT YUSUF SAYS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mr. Hussein Mohammed, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Spokesman for the Office of the President, told Emboffs on April 18 that TFG Prime Minister Nur Adde had failed as Prime Minister and insisted that the TFG must never compromise with the al-Shabaab insurgents. Hussein [...] | 2008-04-24 11:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA117 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR REPORTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 12, Ambassador and PolOff attended a "Friends of UNMEE" meeting at United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) headquarters where acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar briefed the diplomatic community on the current state [...] | 2008-01-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1198 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: SRSG ENNIFAR PROVIDES UNMEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar told the diplomatic community SIPDIS on April 29 that the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) was coming to an end and that all of the contingent owned equipment would be shipped out of Er [...] | 2008-04-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1285 | ETHIOPIAN FRUSTRATION WITH THE UNSC OVER THE BORDER [...] (C) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles met with the UK, French and U.S. Ambassadors May 9 to state that Ethiopia would disengage and keep quiet on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute. Meles said the Ethiopian Government (GoE) had developed a set of new proposals to break the impasse and push forw [...] | 2008-05-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PBTS PREL MARR ET ER |
08ADDISABABA131 | USAU: MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADOR COURVILLE AND MR. [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 10 January 2008, AMB Courville met with Mr. Nicolas Bwakira, AU Special Representative to Somalia to discuss the development of a roadmap for the way ahead in Somalia. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: AMB Cindy Courville, AU Special Representative to Somalia Mr. Nicolas Bwakira, USAU [...] | 2008-01-16 10:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PGOV PREL |
08ADDISABABA1324 | ETHIOPIA: PURGED AIR FORCE COMMANDER SAYS MILITARY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Alemshet Degiffe, an Oromo Major-General purged in 2006 while serving as commander of the Ethiopian Air Force, told the Ambassador on May 12 that the Ethiopian military suffers from ethnic division and Tigrayan dominance. Alemshet said Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles cannot [...] | 2008-05-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1367 | Ethiopia to ignore UNSC, for now, on the border [...] (SBU) Ethiopian State Minister Tekeda Alemu told Ambassador May 17 that Ethiopia was deeply frustrated that Eritrea was allowed to restrict UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) troop movement and end the UNMEE mission without consequence, thus negating the Cessation of Hostilities Agreeme [...] | 2008-05-19 08:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PBTS PGOV ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1427 | ETHIOPIAN MFA OFFICIALS SAY ALGIERS AGREEMENT NEAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. United Nations in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Office Joseph Stephanides told PolOff and visiting Eritrea Desk Officer on May 15 that Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told Stephanides on May 15 that Ethiopia insists that Eritrea must demil [...] | 2008-05-23 05:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1494 | UNMEE: A FORCE IN NEED OF A MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 17-18, PolOff and visiting Eritrea Desk Officer visited United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) headquarters in Adigrat, Ethiopia and learned that Ethiopian military activity had declined following a burst of movement in April, when several Ethiopian milita [...] | 2008-06-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA173 | ETHIOPIA FIRM ON LEAVING ALGIERS PROCESS IF UN [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador January 19 to emphasize that the Ethiopian leadership had met January 18 and decided that if the UN Security Council should adopt this week to accept the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission's (EEBC) demarcation by map coordinates, or [...] | 2008-01-23 04:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | KPKO PBTS PREL ET ER |
08ADDISABABA174 | ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER URGES AMBASSADORS FROM UN [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles called in the local Ambassadors from UN Security Council member states on January 21 to urge them to advise their respective representatives in New York to remain neutral during discussions by the UNSC on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border and extension of the mandate for the [...] | 2008-01-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PBTS PREL ER ET |
08ADDISABABA1754 | Ethiopia Supports United Nations Military Observer Mission [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called together the Ambassadors representing the Permanent Five (P5) UN Security Council (UNSC) countries to highlight Ethiopia's concerns regarding the current draft UNSC resolution on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border. Seyoum cautioned that, if changes [...] | 2008-06-27 08:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL UN ET |
08ADDISABABA1856 | ETHIOPIA EXPRESSES CHANGE OF HEART ON POST-UNMEE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador July 7 to seek United States' views and to inform the United States Government (USG) in advance that Ethiopia is now not/not in favor of a follow-on United Nations (UN) military observer mission upon the conclusion of United Nations Missi [...] | 2008-07-08 12:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS UN ER ET |
08ADDISABABA1918 | Ethiopia Now Opposes UN Follow-on Mission, for Now [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador that Ethiopia now opposes any UN follow-on mission upon the conclusion of UN Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) operations on July 31. Meles echoed the Foreign Minister's position (reftel)that Eritrea had so completely undercut the Algie [...] | 2008-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PBTS PGOV MOPS ET |
08ADDISABABA1919 | ETHIOPIA CONCERNED FOR ITS TROOPS IN WAKE OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador July 11 that, in the wake of the killing of five Rwandan troops in Darfur, he was concerned for the safety of Ethiopia's 1500 troops now being deployed to Darfur. Meles asked the United States for assistance in pressing the United Nations and others for [...] | 2008-07-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO ET |
08ADDISABABA2122 | ETHIOPIA NOT LEAVING SOMALIA YET [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian MFA Acting Chief of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa told PolOff on August 1 that the Ethiopian government had not yet made a decision whether to withdraw its military forces from Mogadishu or Somalia, but he emphasized that his government was increas [...] | 2008-08-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2131 | SOMALI TFG OFFICIAL SAYS YUSUF CANNOT BACK DOWN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Head of Mission in Addis Ababa Jibril M. Osman (Hawiye/Murosade) told PolOffs on August 4 that TFG President Yusuf could not back down against the Ethiopian ultimatum that Yusuf must support TFG Prime Minister Nur Adde's a [...] | 2008-08-05 14:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2157 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UNMEE'S LIQUIDATION UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final "Friends of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)" meeting on August 4, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar told the diplomatic community that UNMEE did not fail at its job, rather it performed its mission well [...] | 2008-08-07 13:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA2232 | ETHIOPIA LOOKING TO WITHDRAW FROM MOGADISHU [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa told PolOffs on August 7 that he expected the Ethiopian military to withdraw from Mogadishu by the end of September and redeploy to Baidoa and other areas outside of the city, allowing the newly trained Som [...] | 2008-08-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2281 | ETHIOPIA OFFERS A WAY FORWARD ON SOMALIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. The MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa on August 18 passed PolOffs Ethiopia's proposed way forward through the current Transitional Federal Government (TFG) crisis, provided TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur "Adde" ar [...] | 2008-08-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2322 | SOMALI TFG PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER AGREE ON [...] (C/NF) Summary. Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur "Adde" are expected to sign an agreement in Addis Ababa on August 26 confirming their willingness to work with each other, bridging, at least for now, their recent imp [...] | 2008-08-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO PINR SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2338 | SOMALI TFG LEADERSHIP SIGNS AGREEMENT IN ADDIS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf, Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur "Adde", and Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohammed Nur Madobe signed an agreement on August 26 in Addis Ababa that commits the leaders to working together for the remainder of the transi [...] | 2008-08-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2478 | ETHIOPIAN HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Ethiopian Air Force Chief of Staff Major General Molla Hailemariam Alemayehu told SAO and PolOff on August 28 that Ethiopia was prepared to provide four MI-35 HIND helicopter gunships and two MI-17 HIP transport helicopters for the United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeeping f [...] | 2008-09-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU ET |
08ADDISABABA2658 | SE WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES SUDAN WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles on August 8 told visiting Special Envoy for Sudan Williamson that Ethiopia was preparing to send four helicopter gunships to Darfur, and that two additional helicopters could be provided with assistance for upgrades or if the United Nations rel [...] | 2008-09-24 11:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO SU ET |
08ADDISABABA2750 | (S) ETHIOPIA EXPLORING CHANGING TFG PRESIDENT AND [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told the Charge on October 3 that Ethiopia's objective for the upcoming October 27-29 InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) summit in Nairobi was to constrain Somalia's Transitional Federal Government [...] | 2008-10-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2801 | ETHIOPIAN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS REPORT #1 [...] (C/NF) Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) foreign liaison officer Brigadier General Hassan told the DATT on October 2 that the ENDF has an advance element of 360 troops in Darfur which includes infantry and engineers. However, the first battalion's equipment has yet to arrive in Darfur [...] | 2008-10-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO SU ET |
08ADDISABABA2848 | ETHIOPIA: TFG PRESIDENT MUST GO, ALL OPTIONS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told the Ambassador and PolOff on October 14 that Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf must be replaced in order to produce political progress in Somalia. Tekeda said all options were o [...] | 2008-10-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA286 | ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER AND PRIME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 31, Assistant Secretary Frazer met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a broad ranging 100 minute discussion on Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland, and the Eritrean border. Also in attendance were Ambassador Yamamoto, Ambassador Courville, Sudan S/E Will [...] | 2008-02-06 07:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PNAT MOPS KPKO ET ER SO SU KE |
08ADDISABABA2941 | MORE ETHIOPIAN MFA THOUGHTS ON SOMALIA NEXT STEPS [...] (S/NF) Summary. In response to the Ambassador's pushback that Ethiopia not hijack the upcoming Nairobi summit with radical "regime change," Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told the Ambassador on October 21 that the Ethiopian government saw three available optio [...] | 2008-10-27 09:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2944 | ETHIOPIAN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS REPORT #2 [...] (C) Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Chief of Staff General Samora told the DATT on October 23 that Ethiopia was now planning to send only five MI-24/35 HIND helicopter gunships to Darfur as part of its United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) deployment package. Samora also said th [...] | 2008-10-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU ET |
08ADDISABABA304 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE DECIDES TO WITHDRAW FROM [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On February 6, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar ordered the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) to execute a complete withdrawal from Eritrea after being unable to obtain fuel from the Eritrean government since December 1 [...] | 2008-02-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA3082 | ETHIOPIA FRUSTRATED BY IGAD, BUT NOT DETERRED [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin on November 7 told the Ambassador that the status quo in Somalia was hopeless, and that bringing Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia/Djibouti (ARS) head Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and his faction into the government would increas [...] | 2008-11-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3109 | SOMALIA: TFG ON THE BRINK OF IMPLOSION [...] (S/NF) Summary. Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur Adde told the Ambassador and PolOff in separate meetings on November 13 that neither was willing to compromise with the other over the formation of a new cabinet as r [...] | 2008-11-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3145 | FRUSTRATED ETHIOPIA TO LEAVE SOMALIA AT YEAR'S END [...] (C) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in the U.S. and UK Ambassadors on November 17 to discuss the Somalia crisis. Seyoum said that Ethiopia plans to depart Somalia in 45 days, by the end of December, but will support African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces until then. [...] | 2008-11-18 11:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KPKO ET SO |
08ADDISABABA3166 | ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA: IGAD COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (C) The Ethiopian government (GoE) is "more than pleased" with the outcome of the November 18 Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers' Extra-ordinary Session (the Ministerial),according to GoE Special Envoy to Somalia Abdeta Dribssa. Abdeta and, separately, th [...] | 2008-11-21 08:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO ET SO |
08ADDISABABA3242 | AFRICOM COMMANDER AND PRIME MINISTER MELES DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Visiting USAFRICOM commander General William E. Ward met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on November 21 to reinforce AFRICOM's relationship with Ethiopia, and to discuss regional dynamics. Meles, focused primarily on Somalia, said the Somali Transitional Federal Gove [...] | 2008-11-28 08:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3276 | ARAB LEAGUE MEMBERS PRESS FOR ROLE ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. In the third in a series of U.S. Embassy Addis hosted meetings with the Arab League Ambassadors (Reftel),Arab colleagues pressed for an international conference on Somalia, and a greater Arab League mediating role, including discussion on troops and financial assistance for pe [...] | 2008-12-04 12:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET XF |
08ADDISABABA3337 | USAU: AU PARTNERS DISCUSS AMISOM SUPPORT WITH [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) is ready to provide additional AMISOM troops in Mogadishu and it is also prepared to publicly reiterate its support for the rehatting of those troops under an eventual UN peacekeeping mission. The AU is still waiting for some of its international partners to [...] | 2008-12-10 15:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SO AU |
08ADDISABABA338 | ETHIOPIA: CENTCOM COMMANDER AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Visiting USCENTCOM commander Admiral William J. Fallon met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on February 7 to reinforce CENTCOM's relationship with Ethiopia and to discuss regional dynamics. On Kenya, Meles suggested that the United States might look to informal non-s [...] | 2008-02-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SO KE |
08ADDISABABA3393 | ETHIOPIA WILL PROVIDE FULL SUPPORT TO AMISOM UNTIL [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi emphasized that the Ethiopian Government (GoE) fully supports the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and is making every effort to support AMISOM's security. He expressed hope that AMISOM can expand its forces to replace the departing Ethiop [...] | 2008-12-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL MASS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3426 | USAU: AMISOM MANDATE EXTENDED BY TWO MONTHS [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request in paragraph 9. 2. (U) Summary: On December 22, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) agreed to extend AMISOM's current mandate for two months, and also asked the AU Commission to work closely with the Government of Ethiopia to ensur [...] | 2008-12-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN KPKO SO AU |
08ADDISABABA3441 | IGAD SANCTIONS SOMALIA PRESIDENT YUSUF [...] (SBU) Summary. Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) foreign ministers met December 21 in Addis Ababa to discuss the political and security situation in Somalia. They praised the Somali parliament and Prime Minister for rebuffing President Abdullahi Yusuf,s recent ham-handed at [...] | 2008-12-24 09:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3469 | TFG PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL ON SOMALIA'S FUTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) presidential hopeful and former Ambassador Dr. Yusuf Omar Al-Azhari told the Ambassador on December 26 that the Ethiopian government was supportive of his candidacy to replace former TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf, however, he did [...] | 2008-12-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3474 | ETHIOPIANS "SLOWING" WITHDRAWAL UNTIL AMISOM [...] (SBU) This cable contains an ACTION REQUEST in paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador on December 31 that Ethiopia is "slowing" its troops' withdrawal from Mogadishu and Somalia until Ugandan and Burundian reinforcements arrive for the African [...] | 2008-12-31 15:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3475 | ETHIOPIAN HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles told the Ambassador on December 31 that Ethiopia is perplexed by UN delays with Ethiopia's deployment to Darfur. Meles argued that Ethiopia will abide by any decisions made by the UN because Ethiopia is committed to Darfur operations. This is born out of deep concerns [...] | 2008-12-31 15:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MASS PREL ET SU |
08ADDISABABA352 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE'S RELOCATION TO ETHIOPIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 11, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar and United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Force Commander Major General Taisir Masadeh briefed the Ambassador and the diplomatic community that UNMEE's relocation from Eritrea [...] | 2008-02-12 09:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL PBTS MOPS ET ER |
08ADDISABABA420 | ETHIOPIA-PUNTLAND ENHANCE SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Puntland President Mohamud Muse Hersi and his security chief, Abdullahi Said, told Ambassador February 16 that Puntland and Ethiopia have a security cooperation arrangement for training and information sharing. Further, the President noted that Puntland is committed to fight [...] | 2008-02-19 14:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA430 | ETHIOPIA URGES UNSC ACTION AGAINST ERITREA OVER [...] (SBU) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tekeda Alemu, called in the Ambassadors representing the member states on the UN Security Council on February 19 to urge immediate UN action against Eritrea in response to restrictions on UNMEE troop relocation. Noting that Eritrea,s restr [...] | 2008-02-20 12:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS ER ET |
08ADDISABABA46 | ETHIOPIAN DEPLOYMENT PLANS FOR DARFUR [...] (C) Defense Minister Kuma Demeksa and Chief of Military Staff, General Samora Yonus reiterated to Ambassador messages from the Ethiopian Military (ENDF) to the Embassy Defense Attache's office that as many as 1,500 Ethiopian troops will be prepared to deploy to Darfur within 15 days, but r [...] | 2008-01-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL EAID ET |
08ADDISABABA465 | SOMALILAND PRESIDENT WELCOMES A CLOSER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin told the Ambassador and PolOff on February 21 that his government was ready to increase the bilateral relationship between Hargeysa and Washington. Kahin said that he had ordered his government to work with Washington without restrict [...] | 2008-02-22 12:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA506 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE OFFICE HEAD SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 26, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides told visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) POLAD and PolOff that UNMEE's relocation to Asmara was going well and that UNMEE was in no dang [...] | 2008-02-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA699 | PRC/ETHIOPIA: PRC OPEN TO TRADE AND AGRICULTURE [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed with PRC Embassy counterparts opportunities for coordination and collaboration on trade and agriculture, particularly the participation of Chinese companies in the newly-formed American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia. PRC interlocutors explained that, despite a re [...] | 2008-03-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KPKO CH ET |
08ADDISABABA71 | USAU: REQUEST FOR SUPOORT FOR AVIATION FUEL FOR [...] (U) This cable is from US Mission to African Union (USAU) Dr. Cindy L. Courville. 2. (U) Summary. Political unrest in Kenya has interrupted aviation fuel supplies into Burundi. Currently there is no aviation fuel available for the Burundi to airlift their 1st Battalion of Peacekeepers to Mo [...] | 2008-01-10 04:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR PGOV PREL |
08ADDISABABA719 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: WITHOUT TSZ THERE IS NO ALGIERS [...] (C) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told Ambassador Yamamoto in a March 11 meeting that the actions by the UN Security Council over the coming days and weeks with regard to the Ethiopia-Eritrea border conflict will dictate how Ethiopia responds. Seyoum described the UN Security Counc [...] | 2008-03-13 07:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PBTS PREL ET ER |
08ADDISABABA723 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE'S DEPARTURE MORE THAN HALF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 12, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides told PolOff that more than half of UNMEE personnel in Eritrea had already left the country. He said the remaining staff would be out of Eritrea by March 19, except [...] | 2008-03-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA855 | ETHIOPIAN MFA OFFICIAL ON POLICY TOWARDS SOMALIA, [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian MFA Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdeta Dribssa (strictly protect) candidly told Emboffs on March 13 that the international community must realize that Ethiopia has genuine security interests in Somalia. He noted that Ethiopia had already drawn down its forces in Somalia [...] | 2008-03-31 12:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ALGIERS1338 | ALGERIAN COMMITMENT TO AMISOM COMES FROM THE TOP [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on December 28 to Kamel Rezag-Bara, Counselor to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for Counter-terrorism. He thanked Rezag-Bara for Algeria's commitment to provide ten aircraft to transport African Union member troops into Somalia, and stressed the urge [...] | 2008-12-28 15:01:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SO AG |
08ALGIERS762 | ALGERIA REMAINS DISTANT ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with MFA's Director General for European Affairs (A/S equivalent) Mouloud Hamai and Deputy Director for Central Europe and the Balkans Abdelmadjid Amalou, Charge asked whether Algeria's thinking on Kosovo had evolved and urged the Algerians to participate in the July 11 [...] | 2008-07-07 07:41:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV AG |
08AMMAN1924 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPKO UN EU KV JO |
08AMMAN433 | KING NEITHER ACCEPTS NOR DECLINES INVITATION TO [...] (S) On February 10, shortly after the departure from his office of visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, the King briefed the Ambassador alone on the discussion. The purpose of the visit was to extend formally an invitation to the King to attend a March Arab League summit in Damas [...] | 2008-02-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPKO JO SY LE |
08AMMAN692 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: DEMARCHE ON UN PRESENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 09:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC JO |
08ANKARA1240 | TURKEY REMAINS STAUNCH KOSOVO SUPPORTER, BRUSSELS [...] (C) On July 3 we met with MFA Department Head Ilhan Saygili and made REF A points. Saygili reiterated that Turkey was among the first countries to recognize Kosovo, remains a staunch Kosovo supporter through International Steering Group (ISG) membership, and continues to press for additional [...] | 2008-07-09 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL PGOV TU KV |
08ASMARA18 | UNMEE FUEL UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNMEE Force Commander Major General Mohammad Taisir (protect) estimates UNMEE can continue operations at the current reduced levels until January 31. After that UNMEE would have to dip into its strategic fuel reserve, which Taisir said is only sufficient to move UNMEE's troops ba [...] | 2008-01-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PBTS PREL MOPS ASEC ER ET XW |
08ASMARA26 | TWO UNMEE DRIVERS CONSCRIPTED INTO EDF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO ASEC ER |
08ASMARA27 | CODEL PAYNE MEETS SOMALI ARS REPRESENTATIVES [...] (U) Summary. On January 4 CODEL Payne met with five representatives of the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) at the Intercontinental Hotel in Asmara. ARS members stated their views of U.S. policies in the Horn of Africa, the reasons for and consequences of the Ethiopian invasion [...] | 2008-01-17 08:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL PTER ER SO |
08ASMARA29 | ASMARA - UNMEE COMBATING SEA AND TIP [...] (U) Per Reftel A, the following is Post's Sexual Expolitation and Abuse (SEA) and Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report. 2. (SBU) There continue to be very few reported cases of either SEA or TIP involving UN Peacekeeping Mission to Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE) personnel in Eritrea. The Chie [...] | 2008-01-17 13:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL ER |
08ASMARA339 | UPDATE ON UNMEE OPERATIONS IN ASMARA [...] (C) UNMEE Deputy Chief Security Officer (DCSO) provided RSO and UK Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) with an update June 30 on UNMEE operations in Eritrea. UNMEE has ceased operations in Assab and UNMEE flights are no longer stopping there to refuel. After an approximately two-month wait, the Eri [...] | 2008-06-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS KPKO PREL PGOV ASEC ER |
08ASMARA454 | ISAIAS ADDRESSES DAKAR AGREEMENT CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: President Isaias made a two-hour appearance on September 12 at the fifth meeting of the Dakar Agreement Contact Group. Appearing physically fit and mentally sharp, Isaias delivered in good English a constructive speech supportive of the Contact Group's efforts to reconcile Ch [...] | 2008-09-16 09:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ER |
08ASMARA494 | A SORDID TALE OF UNMEE CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: A well-placed UNMEE contact recounted a long and twisted tale of personal empire building and corruption during UNMEE's presence in Eritrea. High-ranking UNMEE officials enhanced their careers at the expense of the mission and personally profited from their positions. The cont [...] | 2008-10-08 14:14:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ER |
08ASMARA506 | AFRICA UNION PULLS OUT OF ERITREA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 07:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ER |
08ASMARA86 | UNMEE "REGROUPING" [...] (SBU) UNMEE Force Commander General Taisir told the ambassador February 20 that the movement to consolidate UNMEE forces in Asmara and Assab was underway and was generally "OK, except in some areas." 2. (SBU) He said 200 of the 500 Jordanians were back in Asmara and he expected the other 30 [...] | 2008-02-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PBTS MOPS PREL ER |
08ASMARA89 | ERITREAN MFA ON UNMEE, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fessehazion Petros, the second-ranking official in Eritrea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with the ambassador for ninety minutes February 21 and discussed UNMEE, regional dynamics, counter-terrorism, Kosovo, and bilateral issues. He reiterated a litany of perceived slights t [...] | 2008-02-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PTER ER |
08ASMARA90 | REPORTED GSE REACTIONS TO UNMEE CRISIS [...] (S/NF) RSO met with Source February 20 who relayed second-hand information from the MFA's Americas desk officer. Source has provided reliable informaton to RSO in the past. 2. (S/NF) The MFA desk officer told Source many GSE ministers and high-ranking civil servants are upset with President [...] | 2008-02-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ASEC PINR ER |
08ASMARA92 | ERITREA'S DIESEL SITUATION: SHORTAGE OR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Claims by the Government of the State of Eritrea(GSE) since December that UNMEE's fuel crisis results from its own shortage of supply, raises the question "What is the situation with Eritrea's fuel supply?" Diesel fuel stocks in Eritrea have decreased over the past few years fo [...] | 2008-02-22 08:35:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO ECON EPET PGOV PREL ER |
08ASTANA1223 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO [...] (C) As the Ambassador was unable to arrange a meeting with Foreign Minister Tazhin, Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on Kosovo independence to MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev on July 3. Kaliyev indicated that Kazakhstan's position on Kosovo remained unchanged. He also dou [...] | 2008-07-08 12:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO KV KZ |
08ATHENS952 | KOSOVO: GREEKS NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE BUT [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard spoke with FM Bakoyannis July 3 to urge that Greece recognize Kosovo independence, emphasizing the need to take steps that foster regional stability, and noting that it is time for Greece to join the other 20 EU states that have recognized Kosovo. Bakoyannis said Gre [...] | 2008-07-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UN YI EU KV GR |
08BAGHDAD2189 | UNITED NATIONS TO EXPAND TO NAJAF, COLLOCATE WITH [...] (C) Summary. On June 30, Najaf Team Leader (TL) met with Siddharth Chatterjee, Chief of Staff to the United Nations Special Representative for Iraq, to discuss next steps to establish a UN presence at FOB Endeavor, collocated with the PRT. The UN selected Najaf as their operational center for [...] | 2008-07-13 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO IZ |
08BAKU651 | DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION DELIVERED, [...] (C) The Embassy delivered the points in reftel on the importance of recognizing Kosovo via a letter from the Ambassador to Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. Given the GOAJ's foreign policy focus on the conflict over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh and its concerns about Kosovo b [...] | 2008-07-08 08:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV AJ |
08BAKU821 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR FEARS RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev's International Relations Advisor sees Russian actions in Georgia as "the beginning of a new era," with Azerbaijan's energy export routes, and consequently, the country's independence and sovereignty, ultimately at risk. Russia's acts were premeditated, with a g [...] | 2008-09-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPKO MARR AJ GG RU |
08BAMAKO938 | MALI: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL PGOV ML |
08BANGKOK2028 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAIS REMAIN RELUCTANT TO [...] (C) Acting DCM on July 2 delivered ref A points to MFA Director General for European Affairs Ambassador Suthee Na Lumpang. Suthee said the RTG position remained as it was when the Ambassador earlier engaged on Kosovo (ref B and C) -- the RTG was reluctant to recognize Kosovo's independence. S [...] | 2008-07-03 07:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV TH |
08BANGKOK2942 | THAI PLANS ON DEPLOYMENT TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Pattarat Hongtong, Deputy Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told us September 25 that the MFA had recently received word that Sudan was close to agreeing to allow Thai troops to join UNAMID. The RTG still planned to deploy a battali [...] | 2008-09-26 10:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO TH SU |
08BANGKOK622 | AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) In a February 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama made and then announced to the press an impromptu decision to visit Washington for the March 20 anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and meet with Secretary Rice. Responding to the Am [...] | 2008-02-27 09:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM ECON ETRD KPKO MOPS |
08BEIJING1290 | UNITED STATES AND UK JOINTLY DEMARCHE CHINA ON [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese MFA says deploying new helicopters to Darfur is not a priority while China focuses on deploying the remainder of its engineering contingent. The remainder of the Chinese engineering force should deploy in early April. MFA made no immediate response to PolOff's request [...] | 2008-04-07 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH |
08BEIJING1331 | CHINA NOW WILLING TO JOIN JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff April 9 that "in light of recent developments" China has changed its position and would be willing to join a "joint P5 demarche" on Chad and Sudan (ref a) "if the P5 can agree on a [...] | 2008-04-09 08:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CD SU CH |
08BEIJING1390 | DRAFT UNSCR ON REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) PolOff on April 14 conveyed to MFA reftel points on the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) proposed by South Africa on regional organizations, the April 16 open debate hosted by South African President Thabo Mbeki, and the April 17 joint UN Security Council-African Union (AU) Peace and [...] | 2008-04-14 07:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SO SU ZI CH |
08BEIJING2610 | China Unchanged on Kosovo: No Recognition, No [...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points urging China to recognize the independence of Kosovo to MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Director Hua Yafang on July 1. Hua thanked PolOff, but responded that the information provided "does not affect China's position" and that China wi [...] | 2008-07-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV CH |
08BEIJING2680 | PRC: MFA BRIEFING ON UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S VISIT [...] (C) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged China to take a more active leadership role on global food security, climate change, and the Millennium Development Goals during a July 1-3 visit to Beijing. Chinese leaders told Ban that China strongly supports the UN's efforts on all these issues [...] | 2008-07-09 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO ECON EAID EAGR SENV KOLY MNUC |
08BEIJING2794 | CHINESE VIEWS ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: At a July 26-27 conference on the Darfur hosted by the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs-affiliated China Institute of International Studies (CIIS),Chinese Government officials and scholars attributed the conflict in Darfur to poverty, resource scarcity, effects of global warmin [...] | 2008-07-17 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH |
08BEIJING2899 | CHINA AGREES ON NEED TO TERMINATE UNMEE; WANTS [...] (C) China agrees on the need to terminate the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) in its current form, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Officer Cheng Lie told PolOff on July 25 in response to reftel points. However, Cheng said China hopes t [...] | 2008-07-27 23:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ER ET KPKO PBTS PREL UNSC |
08BEIJING4668 | CHINA: DRAFT UNSCR ESTABLISHING UNPKO IN SOMALIA [...] (C) PolOff on December 24 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel draft resolution proposing to establish a UN Peacekeeping Operation in Somalia. Shen had no immediate response. Randt [...] | 2008-12-24 07:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET CH |
08BEIJING787 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: FUTURE OF UN PRESENCE, POSSIBLE [...] (C) PolOff on March 4 delivered to MFA reftel points on the future of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and the possibility of targeted sanctions on Eritrea. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun said China regards a co [...] | 2008-03-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO ER ET CH |
08BEIJING845 | PRC SPECIAL ENVOY LIU GUIJIN ON CHINESE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: Solving the situation in Darfur requires pressure from the international community on both the Government of Sudan and rebel forces, Chinese Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin said in a March 7 briefing for diplomats and the press on his February 21-March 6 trip to the UK, Fra [...] | 2008-03-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KPKO MARR UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING912 | PRC/SUDAN: MORE FROM SPECIAL ENVOY LIU GUIJIN ON [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sudan is ready to engage with rebel groups at any time, and Western nations should pressure rebel groups to participate fully in the peace process, Chinese Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told Beijing-based diplomats March 12. Press reporting on the Governm [...] | 2008-03-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KPKO MARR UNSC SU CH FR UK |
08BEIJING915 | PRC/SUDAN: MORE FROM SPECIAL ENVOY LIU GUIJIN ON [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sudan is ready to engage with rebel groups at any time, and Western nations should pressure rebel groups to participate fully in the peace process, Chinese Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told Beijing-based diplomats March 12. Press reporting on the Governm [...] | 2008-03-12 22:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KPKO MARR UNSC SU CH FR UK |
08BEIJING971 | CHINA: NO RESPONSE ON JOINT DEMARCHE ON CHAD/SUDAN [...] (C) PolOff relayed reftel points asking for support of a joint demarche and for feedback on the specific language of a possible demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) West Asia and North Africa Department North Africa Division Officer Liang Wei March 14. Liang reviewed the points and p [...] | 2008-03-14 10:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SU CH CD |
08BEIJING977 | CHINA: NO JOINT DEMARCHE ON CHAD/SUDAN [...] (C) China is unwilling to give a joint demarche with other P5-plus-1 nations on the issue of Chad and Sudan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations and Conferences Department Attache Diao Junshu told PolOff March 14. In an after-hours phone call, she dictated the follow [...] | 2008-03-14 12:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SU CH CD |
08BEIRUT1211 | UNIFIL: PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED NOTIFICATIONS FOR VISITS [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut appreciates the efforts of USUN in bringing the issue of the suspicious incidents involving representatives of the Indian contingent of UNIFIL to the attention of the Asia and Middle East Director in the Office of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) detailed in reftel. In [...] | 2008-08-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE |
08BELGRADE436 | SERBIA: UN PEACEKEEPING CHIEF GUEHENNO ON NORTHERN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On May 5, UN Under Secretary General for Peace-Keeping Operations (DPKO) Jean-Marie Guehenno briefed Contact Group ambassadors in Belgrade about his efforts to obtain buy-in for "practical arrangements" for future EULEX and UNMIK involvement in northern Kosovo. Guehenno, in Belgrade on h [...] | 2008-05-06 10:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SR KV |
08BRASILIA13 | BRAZIL: SEN. BILL NELSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During a November 27 conversation with Senator Bill Nelson (Florida),the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy, Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas, discussed relati [...] | 2008-01-03 19:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP SENV KGHG KPKO EAGR TRGY PREL HA VE BR |
08BRASILIA913 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BRAZIL'S POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting, the Ambassador raised with Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim our interest in seeing Brazil recognize Kosovo's independence. Amorim said that Brazil's position had not changed with regard to the need to respect UNSC Resolution 1244 (ref b). However, Brazil's posi [...] | 2008-07-07 10:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | UN KPKO PREL PGOV BR |
08BRATISLAVA393 | TFGG01: GEORGIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IS [...] (SBU) DCM drew on refs A, B, and C in an August 25 discussion with Maria Krasnohorska, MFA Director General for International Organizations and Humanitarian Assistance. Krasnohorska appreciated U.S. communicativeness on the Georgian situation and said the Slovak MFA "reads the situation the sa [...] | 2008-08-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO MARR GG RU LO |
08BRATISLAVA397 | TFGG01: SLOVAKIA REJECTS ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PREL MARR GG RU LO |
08BRUSSELS1749 | BELGIUM AND THE CONGO PART TROIS: MFA CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: PolEconCouns and Poloff joined MFA Congo Contacts for a wide ranging discussion on Belgium's latest efforts to end the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our contacts said Foreign Minister De Gucht would fly to New York November 25 and 26 to attempt to bolster the MO [...] | 2008-11-18 18:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG BE |
08BRUSSELS1954 | DEMARCHE: U.S. DRAFTED SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 11:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | KPKO PREL SO BE |
08BRUSSELS575 | BELGIANS RECEIVE UNMEE TERMINATION TEXT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 05:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO ET ER BE |
08BRUSSELS832 | BELGIUM SEEKING A SOLUTION TO THE UNMEE DILEMMA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points June 2 to Wilm Geurts and Rudi Brieven of the Belgian MFA UN Directorate, Security Council, and also shared the points with the MFA Eritrea and Ethiopia Desk Officer Isabelle Maduda-Lukebamoko. Although they have no specific instructions yet, they said B [...] | 2008-06-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER BE |
08BRUSSELS913 | EU DISCUSSES U.S. PARTICIPATION AND WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: EU civilian operations planning officials are optimistic that EU-UNMIK cooperation will soon be back on track and EULEX deployment will begin in larger numbers. Although questions about legal jurisdiction will pose challenges, EU officials expressed confidence that the EU and U [...] | 2008-06-17 05:31:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL KJUS EUN UNMIK KV |
08BRUSSELS997 | EULEX KOSOVO POLICE STAFFING GAPS AND TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary: EU officials described for member and third state contributors current EULEX shortfalls in specialized police capabilities including sniper and SWAT teams, K9 units and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units at a June 30 workshop in Brussels. Emphasizing that it had been the m [...] | 2008-07-01 10:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO EUN UNMIK KV |
08BUDAPEST666 | HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE KOSOVO DONORS' [...] (SBU) MFA Kosovo Affairs Officer Zoltan Nagy discussed ref A demarche with PolOff on July 2. He noted that Hungary gives considerable importance to the conference, highlighting the GOH's decision last month to commit 1.2 million Euros in support of Kosovo. Nagy said that Ambassador Marianne [...] | 2008-07-03 08:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL PGOV HU |
08BUENOSAIRES57 | ARGENTINA ON KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 10. Taiana indicated that the MFA would consider the matter, but noted that Kosovo is a complex issue. He asked whether European support for Kosovo independence included Spain. The Ambassador replied that we [...] | 2008-01-16 07:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PBTS UNMIK PGOV YI ER AR |
08BUJUMBURA603 | BURUNDI MAINTAINS PLEDGE FOR AMISOM THIRD BATTALION [...] (U) Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Germain Niyoyankana assured the Ambassador November 28 that Burundi will indeed honor its pledge to provide a third battalion of Burundian troops for the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),and that Burundi stands ready to promise further batt [...] | 2008-12-02 09:44:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO SO AU BY KE NI RW SU UG ET |
08BUJUMBURA678 | BURUNDI SUPPORTS A UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 09:16:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET BY |
08CAIRO1086 | EGYPT UNLIKELY TO MOVE ENGINEERS FROM UNMIS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 11:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL UNSC EG SU |
08CAIRO1213 | EGYPT ACCEPTS REQUEST TO REPLACE INFANTRY WITH [...] (SBU) MFA Counselor for UN Affairs Yasser Naggar told us on June 12 that, later that same day, the MFA would instruct its delegation in New York to accept the UN DPKO's request to replace one of four companies in Egypt's second infantry battalion for the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) with an [...] | 2008-06-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC EG SU |
08CAIRO1410 | EGYPT STILL WARY ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) On July 1, the Ambassador pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim for Egypt to recognize Kosovo. Bassim repeated previous Egyptian objections to Kosovo recognition (ref C),noting that Kosovo's declaration of independence came "outside of international law" and worrying that it mig [...] | 2008-07-06 13:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL PGOV EG KV YI |
08CAIRO151 | DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED SLM/A-UNION FRONT WANTS LARGER [...] (SBU) In a January 27 meeting at their request, Youssef Hassan Youssef Abdallah and Ahmed Hassan Mohamed of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army-Union Front (SLM/A-UF) asked us to lobby the UN and AU envoys to include SLM/A-UF representatives in their meetings when they next approach Darfur rebe [...] | 2008-01-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS PINR EG SU |
08CAIRO2089 | EGYPTIAN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) As of September 2008, this is the data we have on Egypt's UNAMID deployment. Egypt's initial planned contribution to UNAMID was 1,520 personnel, which it has not yet met. This number appears to have increased with the commitment of a second infantry battalion of approximately 850 personn [...] | 2008-09-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SU EG |
08CAIRO2133 | RESPONSE TO SELF-DEPLOYMENT OF EGYPTIAN TROOPS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MASS SU EG |
08CAIRO2264 | ARAB LEAGUE HAPPY WITH "QATARI INITIATIVE," EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League Advisor told us that the Government of Sudan (GOS) supports the Qatari initiative as a way to end the crisis in Darfur, and sees it as an accompaniment to the recently announced Sudan People's Initiative. However, Sudanese oppositionists in Cairo said Darfuri lead [...] | 2008-10-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PHUM KPKO SU QA EG |
08CANBERRA590 | AUSTRALIA PROPOSES PEACEKEEPING PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) The Prime Minister's office announced on June 8 that Australia will join the United Nations Assistance Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has proposed sending nine officers to join the international force working to restore stability in Sudan. They would work [...] | 2008-06-10 07:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL PGOV MOPS AS |
08CANBERRA657 | AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO WILL STAY LOW KEY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 05:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO AS |
08CHISINAU752 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV MD |
08COLOMBO459 | REQUEST TO SRI LANKA TO PROVIDE AVIATION SUPPORT [...] (C) Ambassador and ODC Chief Orozco met with Sri Lankan Secretary of Defense Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on May 12 to request that Sri Lanka offer Mi-8 or Mi-24 helicopters to support the UN-AU peacekeeping operation in Darfur. Drawing on the background in para 4 of reftel, Ambassador noted that Suda [...] | 2008-05-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO CE |
08COLOMBO476 | DARFUR HELICOPTERS: SRI LANKANS HOPE THEY CAN HELP [...] (C) Ambassador spoke on May 16 with Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to seek an update on the Government of Sri Lanka's response to our request that Sri Lanka provide helicopters to support the UN-AU peacekeeping operation in Darfur (reftel). Rajapaksa said he had spoken with Air Force [...] | 2008-05-16 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO CE |
08COLOMBO477 | DARFUR HELICOPTERS: SRI LANKANS HOPE THEY CAN HELP [...] (C) Ambassador spoke on May 16 with Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to seek an update on the Government of Sri Lanka's response to our request that Sri Lanka provide helicopters to support the UN-AU peacekeeping operation in Darfur (reftel). Rajapaksa said he had spoken with Air Force [...] | 2008-05-16 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO CE |
08COLOMBO516 | SRI LANKA OFFERS TO PROVIDE ONE HELICOPTER FOR [...] (C) In response to Ambassador's May 12 meeting with Secretary of Defense Gotabaya Rajapaksa (ref B) and follow-up conversations May 16 (ref A) and May 23, post today received written confimation, dated May 27, that the Government of Sri Lanka is prepared to make available one Bell 212 helicop [...] | 2008-05-29 12:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL |
08CONAKRY629 | RUSSIAN EMBASSY DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON ABKHAZIA AND [...] (SBU) On October 16, Embassy received a paper from the Russian Embassy in Guinea, entitled "On the Origins of the Situation Around Abkhazia and South Ossetia." The paper is nine pages in length, in English, and provides a chronological history of events dating back to 1810. Post can scan th [...] | 2008-10-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO GG RU GV |
08DHAKA380 | ADCM MEETS BANGLADESH'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General for UN Affairs requested a meeting with A/DCM to discuss the GOB,s previous request for US support for the Bangladesh candidate for WIPO Director General, Dr. Toufiq Ali. (REFTEL A.) Beyond WIPO, topics discussed included [...] | 2008-03-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIPR KPKO GTIP PREF BG |
08DHAKA527 | BANGLADESH STUDYING REQUEST FOR UNAMID AVIATION [...] (U) POL/ECON Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry May 12, and the DCM followed up at a senior level May 13. The Government of Bangladesh informed us they were studying the request and would respond in the coming days. The Ambassador will meet with the Foreig [...] | 2008-05-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR KPKO BG |
08DHAKA548 | AMBASSADOR RAISES UNAMID AVIATION SUPPORT WITH BANGLADESH'S [...] (SBU) Bangladesh Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury told the Ambassador May 15 the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is prepared to "revisit" the request for aviation assets in support of the UN-AU peacekeeping operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Chowdhury said the Bangladesh military had limited [...] | 2008-05-22 10:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR KPKO BG |
08DHAKA718 | BANGLADESH UNABLE TO PROVIDE AVIATION SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 10:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR KPKO BG |
08DHAKA719 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES KOSOVO, ELECTIONS AND CYCLONE [...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty urged Bangladesh to recognize the independence of Kosovo in a July 1 meeting with Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury. Chowdhury expressed support for recognition but cited regional concerns preventing Bangladesh from taking a bold stance on its own, sugges [...] | 2008-07-02 10:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KPKO KV EU BG |
08DHAKA905 | BANGLADESH KEEPING A "LOW PROFILE" ON THE [...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Chief August 25 delivered Ref A and B demarches to the Director of the Americas wing at the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Masudur Rahman. Rahman expressed concern about the conflict and the effect it was having on the lives of civilians living in the disp [...] | 2008-08-26 10:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO RU GG BG |
08DILI12 | BAR RAIDS POINT TO CHINESE ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (U) Summary: In the first week of January, Timor-Leste's National Police, with the support of U.N. police advisors, have raided seven Dili bars. All evidence points to Chinese prostitution rings having made inroads into the country. Small amounts of ecstasy and drug paraphernalia were also s [...] | 2008-01-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SMIG SNAR PREL KPKO ID CH TT |
08DJIBOUTI388 | SOMALIA: UN SRSG EXPECTS DJIBOUTI TALKS TO FOCUS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. UN SRSG for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah seeks to implement "a new approach" to Somali peace talks, by inviting both Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) to send a limited number (7 each) of "technical" represe [...] | 2008-04-22 18:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO SO DJ ER |
08DJIBOUTI613 | SOMALIA: ARS CHAIRMAN OPENS DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. ARS moderates led by Chairman Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed are meeting in Djibouti from July 19-24 to follow up on talks held under the auspices of the UN SRSG for Somalia in May, and expect to issue a communique tomorrow. On the eve of the conclusion of this ARS General Assembly, [...] | 2008-07-23 16:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ ER ET |
08DJIBOUTI638 | DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: SEPARATE UN AND ACP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to Djibouti's appeal to the international community, the United Nations Secretariat and the Brussels-based African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group) have dispatched separate fact-finding missions to examine ways to reduce tensions with Eritrea, follow [...] | 2008-08-03 17:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS KPKO ER DJ ET |
08DJIBOUTI685 | DJIBOUTI: ICRC REPORTS 19 ERITREAN POWS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reports having interviewed 19 Eritrean prisoners-of-war (POWs) and 40 defector/deserters in Djibouti, as a result of June 11 border hostilities between Djibouti and Eritrea. The future of these former Eritrean troops remains un [...] | 2008-08-26 16:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS KPKO ER DJ ET |
08DJIBOUTI957 | DEMARCHE: ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY - [...] (C) Per Ref A, Ambassador has raised USG talking points on combating Somali piracy with key Government of Djibouti principals, including Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Presidential National Security Advisor Hassan Said Khaireh, and Minister for Islamic Affairs Hamoud Abdi Sultan (whose [...] | 2008-12-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DJ SO KPKO |
08DUBLIN403 | IRISH WILL ATTEND KOSOVO DONORS' CONFERENCE; OKAY [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on July 3 to Emma Madigan, Deputy Director, Europe and UN Coordination Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Madigan stated that Ireland would attend the Kosovo Donor's conference on July 11, represented by Ireland's Ambassador to Brussels. It was unc [...] | 2008-07-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL PGOV EI |
08EFTODAMASCUS487 | NO EVIDENCE OF SEA/GTIP MISCONDUCT IN UNDOF/UNTSO [...] (U) This cable is in response to State 68780. 2. (SBU) Post contacted sources in the local human rights and NGO communities, in addition to media and DAT contacts regarding the status of SEA/GTIP in the UNDOF/UNTSO mission. Sources had no knowledge of any SEA/GTIP related complaints against [...] | 2008-07-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PHUM UNSE |
08EFTOLONDON2883 | MINURCAT/EUFOR: EARLY UK VIEWS ON THE MANDATE [...] (SBU/NF) Foreign Office contacts have informally told us that the UK continues to question the need for a United Nations peacekeeping presence in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) and plans to advocate for the smallest force possible in the extension of the MINURCAT mandate, even as the UN for [...] | 2008-11-17 16:02:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MASS PINR CD CT SU FR UK |
08FREETOWN559 | SIERRA LEONE WILLING BUT NOT READY TO CONTRIBUTE [...] (C) In response to reftel A, the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) stated its willingness to contribute battalions to peacekeeping operations, including the Africa Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),if properly equipped and trained prior to departure. The RSLAF is primed for Africa [...] | 2008-12-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MASS MCAP PGOV SL |
08GABORONE1124 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMISOM FORCE GENERATION [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Tinar Lekuni, Deputy Director for African Affairs at Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 9. Mr. Lekuni confirmed that the African Union Force Generation team had visited Botswana in late November. He however could not shar [...] | 2008-12-23 11:50:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SO BC |
08GEORGETOWN555 | CARICOM ATTENDENCE AT HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 19:11:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL UNSC UNGA HA |
08HANOI1409 | VIETNAM EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA PKO, BUT MUST [...] (SBU) On December 30, Deputy PolCouns met with Ngo Thi Xuan Ha of the MFA's International Organizations Division to urge Vietnam to support the U.S.-sponsored resolution authorizing a peacekeeping operation for Somalia. Building on an earlier conversation between the Ambassador and VFM Pham B [...] | 2008-12-30 05:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO PHSA SO VM |
08HANOI597 | VIETNAM: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GPOI TRAINING [...] On May 8, poloff and DATT met with MOD External Relations Department Senior Colonel Nguyen Dinh Huy to reiterate the USG's previous invitation to the GVN to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)(Ref A) and to provide a list of possible GPOI training courses (Ref B). Seni [...] | 2008-05-21 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI873 | HANOI SAYS "CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES" NECESSARY FOR UNMEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 03:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER |
08IHARTOUM1126 | GOSS MINISTER FOR PRESIDENTIAD AFFAIRS ON ICC, ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 26 meeting with ConGen Juba, Luka Biong Deng, Minister for Presidential Affairs, Said the possible ICC indictments against GNU President Bashir present a golden opportunity to leverage concessions from him, that elections in 2009 are the only path to actually holding a [...] | 2008-07-27 14:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PPEL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08INSHASA1164 | CNDP CLAIMSFARDC IN DISENGAGEMENT ZONE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08ISLAMABAD1981 | DEMARCHE DELIVERY TO MOVE ENGINEERS FROM UNMIS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
08ISLAMABAD2320 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 04:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV |
08ISLAMABAD2870 | PAKISTAN: RUSSIA/GEORGIA CONFLICT TOO FAR AWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL RU GG KPKO MARR |
08ISLAMABAD3366 | CONFUSION PERSISTS OVER PAKISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 07:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU PK |
08JAKARTA1429 | UN MISSION ETHIOPIA/ERITREA -- SHARING U.S. VIEWS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel message outlining USG views on the way forward for the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) to GOI interlocutors on July 24. They took note of our views and prom [...] | 2008-07-24 08:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC ID ET ER |
08JAKARTA1447 | UN MISSION ERITREA/ETHIOPIA -- GOI TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia supports the U.S. position that the U.N. Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) should be terminated because it is no longer supported by either nation. Our contacts confirm that the GOI will work with the USG on a new resolution that addresses key issues. END SUMMA [...] | 2008-07-29 04:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC ID ET ER |
08JAKARTA146 | DARFUR -- INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPERS GET GREEN LIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is preparing to send a unit made up of approximately 150 police officers to support UNAMID operations in Darfur. The vast majority of the force will come from the Mobile Brigade, the police special forces command. The planned deployment--slated to take place in March [...] | 2008-01-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO PGOV ID SU |
08JAKARTA1469 | LEBANON PEACEKEEPING: INDONESIA EXPANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has sent a 75-person military police force to augment UNIFIL in Lebanon. It also plans to send a 200-person military Force Protection Unit in coming months. These contributions are in addition to the GOI's 850-person peacekeeping battalion which is already stationed [...] | 2008-08-01 07:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KPKO ID XF |
08JAKARTA430 | UNSC -- GOI ON ERITREA/UN AND SOMALIA PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points regarding Eritrean interference with the UNMEE mission. Our GOI contact agreed that Eritrean behavior was a serious problem and that steps must be taken. Further to Ref B, he also noted that the Indonesian government had reviewed our points regardin [...] | 2008-03-03 06:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO ID ER SO |
08JAKARTA593 | UN PEACEKEEPING -- GOI AGREES TO SEND MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has agreed to send 90 additional military personnel to Lebanon to augment the 850 personnel already serving there as UN peacekeepers. The decision is in response to requests by the Lebanese government and the UNIFIL command in Lebanon. Re another planned deployment, th [...] | 2008-03-25 03:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ID LE SU |
08KAMPALA1658 | UGANDA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING U [...] (SBU) Summary: Post communicated points in reftel to the Ministry o 2. (SBU) Emboff met with Isaac Sebulime, head of the Department of Mult 3. (SBU) Uganda had five specific recommendations to make in regard to a) The geographic mandate of the UNMISOM mission should be broadened. b) [...] | 2008-12-29 13:32:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET UG |
08KAMPALA1659 | UGANDA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING U [...] (SBU) Summary: Post communicated points in reftel to the Ministry o 2. (SBU) Emboff met with Isaac Sebulime, head of the Department of Mult 3. (SBU) Uganda had five specific recommendations to make in regard to a) The geographic mandate of the UNMISOM mission should be broadened. b) [...] | 2008-12-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET UG |
08KAMPALA1660 | UGANDA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Post communicated points in reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Uganda on December 24 and followed up on December 29. Though Kampala was not an action addressee, Post delivered the points because Uganda will assume its seat on the UN Security Council (UNSC) on January [...] | 2008-12-29 13:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET UG |
08KAMPALA1665 | UGANDA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: SOMALIA - REINFORCING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ugandan Minister of Defense Crispus Kiyonga on December 29 to deliver reftel points and obtain an understanding of Uganda's ability to deploy an additional battalion of troops to the current African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). DATT also met with [...] | 2008-12-30 10:14:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UG ET BU SO |
08KATHMANDU1116 | NEPALESE FORCES DEPLOYING TO UNAMID [...] (SBU) Due to the Government of Nepal's (GON's) closure October 6-10, and post's own closure October 6-9, post has been unable to contact any high-level host government counterparts to assess the GON's readiness to make good on its previous pledge to the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNA [...] | 2008-10-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU NP |
08KATHMANDU773 | NEPAL: NO RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO AT THIS TIME [...] (C) On July 1, the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (A/DCM) met with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya to urge the Government of Nepal (GON) to recognize Kosovo's independence. Acharya responded that recognition was a "very difficult issue." He indicated that the process by which Kosovo ha [...] | 2008-07-08 04:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KPKO UNMIK UN YI KV NP |
08KHARTOUM1007 | ADMINISTRATOR FOR ABYEI STILL TO BE DETERMINED [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General Juba paid an office call on Arop Moyak Monytoc, Chairman of the Southern Sudan DDR Commission and potential new Abyei Administrator. Moyak confirmed that GOSS President Salva Kiir had called him to discuss his willingness to take on the job, but indicated that it [...] | 2008-07-08 05:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1009 | RIZEIGAT ARAB LEADER ON DARFUR CIVIL SOCIETY, OBSTREPEROUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met July 6 with Waleed Maddibo Mousa, prominent Darfur Rizeigat Arab and civil society leader and organizer of the annual equestrian festival in Ed-Daien, South Darfur. Maddibo used the festival to create a "clandestine dialogue" among Darfuris, and believes the late-nigh [...] | 2008-07-08 07:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1010 | SAF WITHDRAWAL FROM ABYEI AND UNMIS PATROLLING SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7, GNU and GoSS VPs Taha and Machar signed the Protocol for the Arbitration of the Abyei boundary dispute. Simultaneously, a shooting incident involving SPLA, SAF, and UNMIS personnel in Agok led to the serious wounding of two individuals and a halt to the withdrawal of [...] | 2008-07-08 07:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1012 | WORRIED GOSS INTENDS TO DISCUSS MILITARY PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng told CDA Fernandez July 8 that he will travel to Washington next week to discuss military planning with US officials, following up on the Defense White Paper that the US had pushed the GOSS to prepare (ref b). Biong Deng said [...] | 2008-07-08 10:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1021 | NCP INSIDER PLEADS FOR SE WILLIAMSON'S RETURN [...] (C) "We would like Special Envoy Williamson to come back," pleaded NCP negotiator Yahia Bebiker in a meeting with polchief July 6. "We are making progress on Abyei and on elections - all things that are important to you." Bebiker echoed others in the NCP leadership, speculating that SE Willi [...] | 2008-07-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1025 | BLOODY ATTACK ON UNAMID PATROL AT SHANGIL TOBAYA, [...] (SBU) According to reports from UNAMID, on July 8 at approximately 1530 armed fighters attacked a UNAMID joint patrol in a "forested and mountainous" area 65 kilometers south of Dare Salam, 6 kilometers from Gusajamatta, in North Darfur. The UNAMID joint military observer and police team from [...] | 2008-07-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1027 | CENSUS DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN MARS AFTERMATH OF SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent stories in the Sudanese press purporting to present "preliminary census results" are a fabrication, with no basis in fact. Post has confirmed with the local UNFP office, heavily involved in the entire census process, that scanning of the raw census data has not even begun [...] | 2008-07-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1028 | UN CONDUCTS DIRECT TALKS WITH KONY ON LRA PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 15:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1031 | MISSERIYA TRIBAL LEADER TELLS CDA "DON'T IGNORE US!" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Fernandez warned traditional Misseriya leader Sidiq Babo Nimer that the Misseriya risk being branded as aggressors if they resort to violence in Abyei and he urged that they argue their case carefully and reasonably. Sidiq praised Embassy efforts to engage the Misseriya, an [...] | 2008-07-10 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM1033 | UNMIS REGIONAL COORDINATOR ON THE SITUATION IN ABYEI, UNMIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 meeting with Consul General Juba, UNMIS Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan David Gressley described UNMIS support for restoring security to Abyei and the conditions that must be met before the UN will aid in the return of IDPs to the town. He also reviewed the p [...] | 2008-07-10 12:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1038 | CHADIAN REBELS SEEK NEGOTIATIONS WHILE WAITING FOR [...] (C) Chadian rebels are allegedly as strong and united as ever, but don't plan a major strike on Ndjamena until the next dry season, according to UFDD spokesman Mukhtar Yaya. In a meeting with polchief July 9 in Khartoum, Yaya claimed the UFDD is in control of two small towns in the northeast of [...] | 2008-07-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1039 | PREVENTING A DOWNWARD SPIRAL: NCP LEADER ON A [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with Sudanese Presidential Advisor and NCP Parliamentary majority leader Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani July 10 to discuss the discomfiting possibility that a strong GOS response to ICC indictments will put CPA implementations on hold and affect US-Sudanese relations r [...] | 2008-07-10 15:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1043 | MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...] | 2008-07-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1044 | MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...] | 2008-07-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1045 | MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...] | 2008-07-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1049 | EMBASSY KHARTOUM PREPARATIONS IN ADVANCE OF ANTICIPATED ICC [...] (SBU) One day before the anticipated announcement by the ICC of indictments against senior Sudanese regime officials, Khartoum remains calm but the city is rife with rumors and speculation about what will happen and how the regime and other political forces in the country will react to the indi [...] | 2008-07-13 11:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1051 | SPLM/GOSS PLOT AND PLAN FOR WORST-CASE GNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The specter of an ICC indictment of President Bashir seems to have sent SPLM leadership circles in Juba into overdrive, spinning predictions of, and planning for, unrest and government reprisals. According to SPLM contacts, National Intelligence Security Services Chief Salah Ghosh [...] | 2008-07-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1052 | UN PREPARES FOR THE WORST IN DARFUR [...] (S/NF) The UN is preparing for the worst in Darfur and has drawn up evacuation plans for all of UNAMID, should that be required based on the actions Khartoum takes in response to the ICC indictments. Special assistants to JSR Adada and SRSG Qazi told polchief July 12 that JSR Adada and FC Agwa [...] | 2008-07-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1057 | SPLM - APRIL SHOWERS BRING JULY RESHUFFLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministerial absenteeism rates have soared in Juba as talk of a comprehensive reshuffle of SPLM ministers and commissioners in both Khartoum and Juba gains increasing credibility. Reportedly, presumptive candidate lists were frozen in mid-June as Vice President Riek Machar object [...] | 2008-07-14 10:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1059 | KIIR URGES BASHIR NOT TO OVERREACT FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: First Vice President Kiir and others have urged President Bashir to react calmly to the announcement of ICC indictments July 14, in hopes that the CPA and peace efforts in Darfur remain on track. Kiir is concerned at the prospect of a weakened GNU Presidency and notes that extremi [...] | 2008-07-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM106 | HAC PROMISES TO COOPERATE ON DAI ISSUE [...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez met January 24 with Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Haroun Ron and Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Hassabo Abdel Rahman for the second time this week to attempt to resolve the issue of USAID-funded transition partner Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI). Post is concerne [...] | 2008-01-25 08:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1060 | NHIAL DENG NHIAL: SPLM POSITION REMAINS WAIT AND [...] (C) CG officers met with SPLM National Liberation Council member and ex-Regional Cooperation Minister Nhial Deng Nhial July 13 to hear his perspective on SPLM preparations in response of an ICC indictment against President Bashir. Nhial had extensive one-on-one discussions with Kiir over the w [...] | 2008-07-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1065 | DISAPPOINTED GNU INTENDS TO ENGAGE WITH ICC, WANTS [...] (C) Summary: The NCP plans to work with the SPLM to confront the ICC on legal grounds while simultaneously announcing a political initiative to solve the Darfur crisis, possibly naming FVP Salva Kiir to a committee that will develop and pursue the strategy. President Bashir is also sending FM [...] | 2008-07-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1067 | JEM AND SLA/U SHOW INCREASED COOPERATION IN GENEVA [...] (SBU) Summary: Europe-based representatives of SLA/Unity and JEM met in Geneva last week at meetings hosted by the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue ostensibly to discuss greater security for humanitarian operations in Darfur, but the workshop served as a springboard for mutual recognition and s [...] | 2008-07-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM107 | DDDC CONSULTATIONS ONGOING, BUT UNCOORDINATED [...] (SBU) Meeting with poloffs on January 23, Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) chair Abdul Mohamed painted a somber picture of the clumsy integration of UNAMID, the DDDC and the Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST). According to Mohamed, no communications or administrative structure ha [...] | 2008-01-25 08:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1071 | UN DDR PROGRAM CITES POSSIBLE OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Program Manager of the UN Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (IDDR) program Basil Massey told poloff on July 9 that signing of the June 25 UN-GOS IDDR agreement in Geneva (ref A) capped a six-month long effort to move the DDR program forward. Massey said that at the [...] | 2008-07-16 12:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1072 | UNAMID RECEIVES "FULL COOPERATION" FROM GOS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMID Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the GOS has been providing and pledged to continue to provide full cooperation on UNAMID deployment, despite the recent ICC indictment of President Bashir. With regard to the July 8 attack on UNAMID forces i [...] | 2008-07-16 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1074 | MAHDI PROPOSES "THIRD WAY" WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Fernandez met with Umma Party leader Sadiq al Mahdi July 16, only two hours before the two-time former Prime Minister was to meet with Sudanese President Bashir Mahdi said he is pushing the President and the NCP to moderate their response to the ICC indictments, and to u [...] | 2008-07-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1076 | UNAMID PEACEKEEPER KILLED BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS IN WEST [...] (SBU) The joint African Union-United Nations force in Darfur (UNAMID) reported that one of its peacekeepers was killed at approximately 1600 on July 16 in the remote area of Forobaranga in West Darfur, near the Chadian border. UNAMID has yet to release an official report, but UN Department of S [...] | 2008-07-17 08:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1081 | GOSS MINISTER BENJAMIN ON ABYEI AND THE ICC [...] (SBU) Summary: GOSS Minister for Regional Cooperation Barnabas Benjamin indicated he is hopeful that GOSS President Salva Kiir will successfully negotiate with VP Taha July 17 a solution to the Administrator and Deputy Administrator for Abyei. As Kiir himself told the CDA, he hoped to get an a [...] | 2008-07-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1083 | SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The growth of the international community in and around El Fasher over the past several years has had many socio-economic consequences, both intended and unintended. In general, the international presence has been both a blessing and a curse: there are more jobs, but filling them [...] | 2008-07-18 07:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1084 | CORRECTED COPY - SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The growth of the international community in and around El Fasher over the past several years has had many socio-economic consequences, both intended and unintended. In general, the international presence has been both a blessing and a curse: there are more jobs, but filling them [...] | 2008-07-18 08:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1085 | REMAINDER OF CHINESE ENGINEERING CONTINGENT ARRIVES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Completing a slow process which began in mid-November 2007, the remainder of the 315-troop Chinese engineering unit arrived as anticipated on July 17 for their deployment in Nyala. The Chinese Embassy reported that UNAMID continues to experience logistical problems in delivering [...] | 2008-07-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1088 | NCP SENSITIVE ABOUT IMAGE PROBLEM, EAGER TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Summary: Just a few days prior to the announcement of the ICC indictment against President Bashir, on July 11 CDA and polchief met with senior NCP officials at the party headquarters in Khartoum to sound them out on possible solutions to Darfur and their impressions of relations with the U [...] | 2008-07-20 07:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1092 | ICC INDICTMENT CHANGES THE DYNAMIC IN DARFUR; [...] (C) Since Abuja and the signing of the still-born DPA in 2006, Darfur experts have been puzzling for two years on how to change the dynamic in Darfur in order to enable a political process to gain traction. There was hope following UNSCR 1769 that deployment of UNAMID would improve the securi [...] | 2008-07-21 07:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1093 | DARFUR REBEL MOVEMENTS HINT AT COOPERATION WHILE MINNAWI [...] (SBU) Summary: Confidants of Minni Minawi report he has no immediate plans to return soon from Darfur. Meanwhile political representatives of JEM, SLA/MM, SLA/U and SLA/AW all hint at a new, grass-roots political initiative among Darfur rebel groups. JEM reports cooperation with SLA/AW, SLA/Un [...] | 2008-07-21 09:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1098 | ARAB LEAGUE NEGOTIATES FOUR-POINT PLAN WITH GOS ON [...] (C) In response to the ICC indictment of President Bashir, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa negotiated a four-point plan with GOS officials July 21 in Khartoum, according to AU Ambassador to Sudan Dr. Salah Halima and UNMIS polchief Muin Shreim. Halima told polchief and Shreim he is "o [...] | 2008-07-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1099 | SUDAN "FORMALLY ACCEPTS THAI AND NEPALESE UNITS," [...] (SBU) UN DSRSG for Humanitarian Affairs Amira Haqq and the entire UN agency team provided donor principals a comprehensive review on July 22 of the UN civilian presence on the ground in Darfur in the wake of their decision to go to Phase IV operations and draw down staff numbers as a precautio [...] | 2008-07-22 14:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM110 | GOS SQUEEZE ON NON-SIGNATORIES IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the December 30 arrest of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) representative GEN Mohamed Bashir in El Fasher, the Government of Sudan (GoS) finally released Bashir but has ordered all non-signatory representatives to the ceasefire commission to leave El Fasher. As the [...] | 2008-01-25 10:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM1103 | UN PROPOSES TO TRAIN AND EQUIP ABYEI BASED JOINT INTEGRATED [...] (SBU) UNMIS Police Commissioner Kai Vittrup told poloff July 14 that the UN has proposed a Joint Integrated Police Unit (JIPU) Rapid Deployment Package (RDP) to jointly train the anticipated 1,000-troop JIPU in Abyei. He said that that the $835,000 RDP, if funded and implemented, would quickly [...] | 2008-07-23 06:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1107 | PRESIDENT BASHIR ADDRESSES EL FASHER [...] (SBU) For the first time in over a year, President Bashir traveled to Darfur and delivered a speech in El Fasher July 23, declaring the government's commitment to peace and economic development in Darfur. Addressing a crowd of thousands at an event with a heavy security presence, Bashir acknowl [...] | 2008-07-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1109 | PROMINENT RIGHTS LAWYER PREDICTS BASHIR WILL GIVE UP HAROUN [...] (SBU) Summary: At the urging of the Arab League, the GOS has backed off from grand demonstrations and alarming public statements regarding the recent ICC indictment, according to famed Sudanese human rights lawyer and MP Salih Mahmoud Osman. Osman predicts that the GOS intends to surrender Ahm [...] | 2008-07-24 13:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM111 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT: SOME PROGRESS BUT WELL BEHIND SCHEDULE [...] (SBU) Egyptian political officer Tamer Azzam told poloff January 24 that Egyptian troops for three separate UNAMID deployments are poised to arrive in February and should complete their deployment by the end of April. Azzam said that the Egyptian contingent's equipment had arrived at Port Suda [...] | 2008-01-25 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1110 | RESPONSE TO UNCLASS STATE 43120, INFORMATION ON FORCED AND [...] (U) As requested under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, Section 105, post has no reason to believe that goods produced in Sudan are produced with forced or child labor in violation of international standards. While child labor is rife in Sudan, high unemployment m [...] | 2008-07-24 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1117 | PRESIDENT BASHIR DANCES THROUGH DARFUR TO A [...] (SBU) Summary: President Al-Bashir used a whirlwind visit to the capitals of Darfur's three states July 23-24 to highlight a total rejection of possible ICC indictments against him. He also offered his most inclusive and personal vision ever of a peaceful and united Darfur while freely admitti [...] | 2008-07-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1118 | RESPONSE CABLE: DEMARCHE TO GOSS ON SPLM PARTY [...] (C) CG Juba spoke with SPLM SG Pagan Amum regarding the proposed SPLM party leadership strategy session in Washington the week of August 18. Amum plans to present two proposals to SPLM Chairman Kiir and told us he should have a decision by the week of July 27. The first proposal would be for [...] | 2008-07-27 13:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1119 | SPLA PURCHASES RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS AND BEGINS PILOT [...] (SBU) The newly-established Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Air Force is awaiting the delivery of ten Mi-17 helicopters that are being manufactured by the Russian Kazan Helicopter Plant. In preparation of this equipment's arrival, SPLA troops are undergoing air maintenance, repair, and fl [...] | 2008-07-27 13:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM112 | DARFUR: THE PEACE PROCESS ON THE EVE OF THE AU [...] (C) Fifteen months after the Addis Ababa agreement of November 2006, the Darfur peace process has not advanced. Disarray within and among the rebel movements has confounded UN and AU mediators, alleviated any pressure on Khartoum to make political concessions, and stalled negotiations. No via [...] | 2008-01-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1120 | SPLM VICE CHAIRMAN MALIK AGAR ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 26 meeting with ConGen Juba, Blue Nile State Governor and Vice Chairman of the SPLM Malik Agar said that the SPLM will contest the 2009 elections from top to bottom, and that party support to GOSS President Kiir is "solid." End summary. 2. (SBU) Meeting on the margin [...] | 2008-07-27 13:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1121 | UNMIS REGIONAL COORDINATOR ON THE SITUATION IN ABYEI AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 25 meeting with ConGen Juba, UNMIS Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan David Gressley reported that over a thousand SAF have now withdrawn from Abyei, leaving only approximately 100 in Abyei town who are expected to leave on the 26th or 27th of July. Gressley plann [...] | 2008-07-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1122 | SPLM SG OPTMISTIC ON ELECTION COMMISSION CREATION [...] (SBU) SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum told ConGen Juba July 23 that he was confident the National Elections Commission (NEC) would be established and operable before the end of August. The National Congress Party has already finalized its list of candidates, and allowed three names to be dis [...] | 2008-07-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1123 | MICHAEL MAKUEI AND THE SPLM ETHNIC BALANCING ACT [...] (SBU) Beyond the increasingly standard array of agenda items linked to the SPLM/NCP relationship and the CPA's implementation, this weekend's SPLM Political Bureau meeting, the party's first since the National Convention, will focus mainly on neutralizing the constant threat to Southern stabili [...] | 2008-07-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1124 | DESERT ARAB SHEIKH COMPLAINS OF GOS INDIFFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: A North Kordofan desert Arab sheikh told poloff that Darfur insecurity has changed the way camels from the region are transported to Libya - by truck to avoid raids by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and take advantage of empty trucks returning to Libya. He criticized JEM [...] | 2008-07-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1126 | GOSS MINISTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS ON ICC, ELECTIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-27 14:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1128 | PLANNING FOR A U.S. TRADE DELEGATION TO SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 10:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ETRD PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1129 | SPLM FORGES A STRATEGY ON ICC AND DARFUR [...] (C) In advance of the SPLM Political Bureau meeting in Juba July 26 and 27, CDA, DCM, and polchief met with SPLM D/SG Yasir Arman in Khartoum July 25. Arman said the Political Bureau would finalize a plan on Darfur that he and fellow SPLM Darfur Task Force leader Abdelaziz Helou had already d [...] | 2008-07-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1130 | DARFUR ROUNDUP: ATTACK ON SLM/MM, URF DISSOLUTION, AND JEM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 28, Minni Minnawi and two other SLM/MM leaders confirmed reports that a Government of Sudan (GoS) security force attacked and killed four SLM policemen on July 26 in North Darfur. SLM/MM leaders described the event as an "intentional attack" on their movement coinciding [...] | 2008-07-29 07:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1131 | NCP STRATEGIST ON THE REGIME'S PLANS FOR DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: CDA and DCM met on July 27 with Dr. Sayed el Khatib, director of Khartoum's Center for Strategic Studies, the National Congress Party's (NCP) think-tank. Khatib, who played a key role in the NCP,s negotiation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) with the Sudan People,s [...] | 2008-07-29 07:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1134 | SPLM POLITICAL BUREAU CONSIDERS ELECTIONS AND ICC [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last three days ConGen Juba has held separate discussions with four members of the SPLM Political Bureau (PB) that met in Juba over the July 26 and 27 weekend and two other senior members of the GOSS. Despite press reports that GOSS President Salva Kiir has announced th [...] | 2008-07-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1137 | UNAMID'S REPORTED FAILURE TO MOVE 3000 CONTAINERS [...] (SBU) UNAMID has over 3000 containers in Port Sudan and El Obeid, Kordofan waiting for transportation to Nyala, Darfur, according to a UNAMID administrative officer. At least half of these are in El Obeid. According to the officer and to other sources in the NGO and diplomatic community in Kh [...] | 2008-07-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM114 | NCP NAMES A NEW BUREAU OF STATISTICS CHIEF THREE MONTHS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-27 05:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1149 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID and Egyptian embassy sources told us that half of the anticipated 335 Egyptian engineers arrived July 24 and fully expect the remainder within the coming month. In addition, Egyptian advance teams arrived to prepare for the arrival of the 850-troop Egyptian infantry battal [...] | 2008-07-31 14:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1151 | CODEL PAYNE VISIT TO SUDAN (AUG 9-11) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to the August 8-15 visit to Sudan of Presidential Envoy to Sudan Richard Williamson, Post regrets that it will be unable to fully support the visit by CoDel Payne to Southern Sudan during reftel timeframe. Unfortunately, the proposed August 9-11 dates for CoDel Payne to US [...] | 2008-08-01 08:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1158 | UMMA PARLIAMENTARIAN TURABI URGES SAF-US DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 29 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Umma Party Parliamentarian Mudawi al Turabi claimed to have Presidential approval to initiate discussions for cooperation on civil affairs between the Sudeanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the U.S. Defense Department, including engineering proj [...] | 2008-08-03 08:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1164 | SUDAN COMPLAINS ABOUT USUN VOTE, COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge Fernandez to formally complain about remarks made at USUN on July 31 which seem to imply that the United States is supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) bringing war crimes and genocide charges against President Al-Bashir. [...] | 2008-08-03 12:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM118 | MFA WARNS CDA OF POSSIBLE HARSH COUNTERMEASURES ON EMBASSY [...] (SBU) A grim-faced Americas Department Office Director Abdel Basit Sanusi called CDA Fernandez in on January 26 to warn of the possibility of a series of Sudanese counter-measures against the US Embassy (and the CDA) in response to what the Sudanese see as a series of recent provocations by the [...] | 2008-01-27 11:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1184 | BASHIR OFFERS FEW DETAILS ON DARFUR INITIATIVE TO JEM AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite showing a renewed interest in Darfur, Sudanese President Bashir has so far offered few concrete or specific ideas for solving the region's problems, say contacts from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM). [...] | 2008-08-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1186 | AU URGES INCREASED GOS COOPERATION ON DARFUR, SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) The head of the AU Liaison Office in Khartoum, Ambassador Mahmoud Kane, told poloff on August 5 that AU Commission Chairman Ping's August 3 visit to Sudan was part of the AU's continuing efforts to urge Sudan's cooperation on Darfur issues. Seeking to downplay the significance of the eve [...] | 2008-08-06 04:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM12 | AIR OPERATIONS UNDER UNAMID SUFFER TRANSITION PAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN has agreed to allow Canadian-financed helicopter contractor Skylink to provide air support to UNAMID until March 31, 2008. However, in a change from AMIS operations, the UN prohibits UN personnel to use Skylink aircraft resulting in large numbers of UN personnel waiting f [...] | 2008-01-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1200 | THE RISING COST OF LIVING IN KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Summary: An informal survey conducted by Embassy staff showed that the cost of living in Khartoum has increased drastically over the past several months. While Sudan is certainly not immune to international commodity pricing pressures, the high cost of food staples has been compounded by [...] | 2008-08-07 07:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1203 | FOREIGN MINISTER ALOR URGES P-3 ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: FM Deng Alor requested an urgent meeting with CDA Fernandez August 6 to brief him on the latest developments on the ICC and Abyei. On the ICC, the SPLM has urged President Bashir to "engage with the ICC now" as well as with the P-3 in order to seek a possible deal on deferring th [...] | 2008-08-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1205 | NEWSPAPER HOSTS AN ICC DEBATE: SAME STUFF, DIFFERENT WAY [...] (U) On August 6, the Khartoum-based Sudan Vision newspaper hosted an event regarding the recent actions by the International Criminal Court (ICC) entitled "Ocampo's Allegations: International Justice or Colonial Agendas." While the event seemed to promise a forum that would explore multiple pe [...] | 2008-08-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KPAO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1208 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH GOSS PRESIDENT SALVA [...] (C) Summary: The formation of the Abyei Interim Administration and the deployment of police to Abyei may allow IDPs to begin to return to the troubled region, once the Chief Administrator indicates that the time is right, GOSS President Salva Kiir told visiting Special Envoy Williamson August [...] | 2008-08-11 06:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1209 | SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH DAVID GRESSLY, UNMIS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On August 9, Special Envoy Williamson met with David Gressly, UNMIS Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan, to discuss the situation in Abyei and the ICC indictment. During the meeting in Khartoum, Gressly cited recent successes in the political situation throughout Sudan. However, he e [...] | 2008-08-11 09:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM121 | EL FASHER IDP REP ON HILAL APPOINTMENT AND UNAMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 27 meeting with FieldOff, a representative of Abu Shouk internally displaced persons (IDP) camp gave a local perspective on latest Darfur events, including the appointment of former janjaweed militia leader Sheikh Musa Hilal to the post of Advisor to the Minister of [...] | 2008-01-28 11:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1210 | SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH DARFURI CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 10, Special Envoy Williamson held two separate meetings with Darfuri civil society leaders to discuss the peace process in Darfur, humanitarian concerns and insecurity in the region. The leaders painted a dire picture of the situation on the ground, underscored by rampa [...] | 2008-08-11 09:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1211 | SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH SLM/MM LEADERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 9, senior leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) told Special Envoy Williamson that the Darfur Peace Agreement remains in a state of neglect. SLM/MM leaders also criticized UNAMID, President Bashir's vague Darfur initiative, and the show of [...] | 2008-08-11 09:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1212 | SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM ENVOY ANDERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Special Envoy Richard Williamson's August 9 meeting in Khartoum with Norwegian Petroleum Envoy Anders Hannevik, Williamson advocated NCP-SPLM negotiations on sharing petroleum revenues and on determining the North-South border in advance of the 2011 Referendum in which So [...] | 2008-08-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1213 | LRA LEADER KONY CONTACTS CHISSANO [...] (SBU) According to United Nations Mission In Sudan (UNMIS),a representative of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has been in telephone contact with United Nations Special Envoy Joaquim Chissano and allegedly communicated that Kony will sign a peace agreement on August 15, 2008 at [...] | 2008-08-11 10:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1214 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH UMMA LEADER SADIQ AL [...] (C) Umma party leader and two-time former Prime Minister Sadiq al Mahdi invited the SE Williamson delegation to dinner at his home in Omdurman on August 9. Al Mahdi called the ICC indictment of President Bashir a "god-send" and expressed hope that the GOS response to the indictment will help [...] | 2008-08-12 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1215 | SE WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO ABYEI AND AGOK [...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson visited Abyei and Agok on August 10. UNMIS security, civil affairs, and force protection officers based at UNMIS headquarters in Abyei town who were present during the heavy fighting in mid-May provided an account of events. They suggested that more troops and armo [...] | 2008-08-12 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1219 | ICC INDICTMENTS: THE TIMING IS ALL WRONG SAY SUDANESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Sudan awaits a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on whether to issue an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Bashir, Sudanese scholars and African diplomats in Khartoum we have spoken with predictably believe that while atrocities have been committed in Darfu [...] | 2008-08-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1223 | SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH UNAMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 12, senior UNAMID officials briefed SE Williamson at UNAMID headquarters in El-Fasher. Officials complained of growing insecurity, significant and ongoing delays in deployment, and an ambitious (and most likely unrealistic) plan to make up for lost time. SE Williamso [...] | 2008-08-13 09:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1225 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 12 White House Special Envoy for Sudan (SE) Richard Williamson met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail. He was accompanied by the CDA, State/L Christine Sanford, SE Staff Assistants and Poloff (notetaker.) SE Williamson began the meeting by expressing app [...] | 2008-08-14 07:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1230 | JEM ACKNOWLEDGES ATTACK ON UNAMID HELICOPTER BUT SHIFTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 11, JEM fighters on Jebel Moon fired on a UNAMID helicopter which they thought was a GoS aircraft. JEM later released a press statement acknowledging its error, but both in this statement and in a contact with the field commander responsible for the unit, JEM attempte [...] | 2008-08-14 13:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1232 | WHERE OIL AND DARFUR INTERSECT - FIGHTING REPORTED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following reports of fighting in North Darfur, SLA/AW Commander Suleiman Marajan told poloff via satellite phone on August 14 that there was significant fighting between his forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces on August 10 and 11 near Wadi Atrun, an area Marajan claimed oil exp [...] | 2008-08-14 14:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1235 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Special Envoy Williamson and NCP strategist and presidential advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah Eddin sparred over Sudan's progress in implementing the CPA, cooperating on Darfur, and the future of bilateral relations. Ghazi implored SE Williamson to look past the details of visas and containers and [...] | 2008-08-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM1236 | UNAMID PLANS TO ELIMINATE CONTAINER BACKLOG [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID estimates that it requires significantly enhanced cargo-transport capacity if it is to deploy planned, additional military and police personnel before the end of the year. UNAMID's ambitious goals, including additional cargo aircraft and material handling equipment, appe [...] | 2008-08-15 09:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1237 | UN BEGINS TRAINING ABYEI JOINT POLICE OFFICERS [...] (U) On August 11, UNMIS police started training the first of the Abyei Joint Integrated Police Units (JIPU) officers under a Rapid Deployment Package (RDP) approved by GONU Police General Al-A'del Ajab Yagob and GOSS South Sudan Police Service Inspector General of Police Lt. General Makuei Deng [...] | 2008-08-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1238 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: On 14 August Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson met with Dr. Awad Ahmed Aljaz, the Minister of Finance and close confidante of President Bashir. Aljaz dismissed SE Williamson,s concerns about oil revenue sharing as unfounded and asserted that all the real problems in Sudan [...] | 2008-08-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1239 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: On August 13 SE Williamson met with EU Ambassadors in Khartoum, at their request, to brief them on his latest visit to Sudan. Recounting details of his trip to Abyei, SE Williamson noted that he was encouraged by progress there, adding that a political solution there represented th [...] | 2008-08-15 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1240 | DARFURI LAWYERS DISMISSIVE OF NEW DARFUR CHIEF PROSECUTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On 13 August Poloff met with Faroug Adam, a member of the Darfuri Bar Association to discuss the appointment of Nimer Ibrahim Mohamed as the Chief Prosecutor of war crimes in Darfur. Adam noted that the absence of war crimes and genocide from Sudan's legal code, along with Moham [...] | 2008-08-15 13:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1241 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson and Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie agreed to consider a resumption in bilateral discussions, possibly with a "re-calibrated" focus. Williamson stated several times during the meeting that President Bush's primary concern in Sudan is humanitarian, stating that " [...] | 2008-08-15 14:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1258 | SLA/UNITY: WE WILL SUBMIT TO ICC IF INDICTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18, leaders of SLA/Unity pledged their cooperation with the International Criminal Court, even if the ICC issues indictments against them or their SLA/Unity brethren. SLA/Unity leaders also separately told poloff via satphones that they support Luis Moreno Ocampo's req [...] | 2008-08-19 07:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1270 | UNAMID NIGHT FLIGHT CLARIFICATION [...] (U) On August 17, the Sudan Tribune online reported that the GoS has permitted UNAMID to conduct night flights in Darfur. The article reports that "eight months after the start of the hybrid mission, the Sudanese government agreed to allow the AU-UN peacekeeping force to fly at night, the head [...] | 2008-08-20 05:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1272 | BEJA CONGRESS DISSIDENTS SLAM BEJA LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: On August 18 poloff met with two individuals claiming to be part of a Port Sudan-based dissident faction of the Beja Congress that had opposed the signing of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA). They characterized the ESPA as a sham agreement that served only to improve relat [...] | 2008-08-20 08:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1276 | WHILE DARFUR PLANS ABOUND, FOCUS SHOULD BE HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within the last month, many politicians, opposition political parties, and civil society representatives have announced their proposals for ending the crisis in Darfur (see para 10 for a list of many of these initiatives). On August 19, three different groups and individuals (t [...] | 2008-08-21 07:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1278 | EASTERN FRONT: AMNA DIRAR DISCUSSES LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: On August 20 polchief and poloff met with Dr. Amna Dirar, Presidential Advisor and Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Front. Dirar stated that she and other members of the Eastern Front had voted to suspend Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed because his decision to organize a conference for t [...] | 2008-08-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1280 | LONDON-BASED HUMAN RIGHTS NGO CORRUPT, CO-OPTED BY NCP SAY [...] (U) Summary: Human rights advocates and Khartoum-based lawyers have revealed that Sudan's highest-profile international NGO, London-based Sudanese Organization Against Torture (SOAT),has stopped transferring grant funds to its Sudan-based representative organizations. Accusing SOAT of falling [...] | 2008-08-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1282 | EASTERN FRONT CHAIRMAN MUSA MOHAMED AHMED URGES [...] (C) Summary: On August 21 polchief and poloff met with Assistant to the President and Eastern Front Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed. Ahmed praised the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) for returning peace to the East, and noted that good progress was being made overcoming obstacles to its full [...] | 2008-08-22 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1283 | SPLM CONCERNED ABOUT BASHIR'S RHETORIC, REPORT [...] (C) During a meeting with A/CDA Asquino and polchief May 20, GNU State Ministers of Agriculture and Justice expressed their concerns about recent statements by President Bashir during his visit to Turkey. Specifically, they are concerned about Bashir's threat that he would expel UN peacekeeper [...] | 2008-08-22 12:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1284 | DEFENSE LAWYERS, UNMIS SRSG AND OTHERS CRITICIZE GOS TRIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese courts have sentenced fifty people to death for participation in the May 10 JEM attacks. Defense lawyers criticized the proceedings as flawed and unconstitutional, and UNMIS SRSG Ashraf Qazi issued a statement questioning the constitutionality of the courts and proceedin [...] | 2008-08-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1288 | JUBA JOURNALISTS DISCUSS ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: At ConGen Juba's monthly journalism club gathering 16 media representatives related their pessimism regarding the readiness of civil society to support the highly complex elections in 2009, but agreed that even if the outcome is flawed, the creation of a democratic state is an ev [...] | 2008-08-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM129 | SPLM FORGES A STRATEGY ON ICC AND DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1293 | ABYEI JOINT SECURITY UNITS SEVERELY HAMPERED BY EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to offers by donor countries to contribute to the newly-formed JIU and JIPU in Abyei, UNMIS has proposed a partnership package, including a donor trust fund, to facilitate donations. However, lack of will and both UN and Sudanese bureaucracy threaten to prevent the [...] | 2008-08-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1294 | ABYEI JOINT SECURITY UNITS SEVERELY HAMPERED BY EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to offers by donor countries to contribute to the newly-formed JIU and JIPU in Abyei, UNMIS has proposed a partnership package, including a donor trust fund, to facilitate donations. However, lack of will and both UN and Sudanese bureaucracy threaten to prevent the [...] | 2008-08-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1296 | DDR PROGRESSES: CHANTING HAKAMA WOMEN URGE THEIR MEN TO [...] (U) On August 20, Emboffs traveled to the South Kordofan village of Lagawa, to attend a ceremony sponsored by the UN Demobilization, Disarmament and Re-integration (DDR) Unit, celebrating the final performance of the Lagawa "Hakamat" and the distribution of goats to its members. 2. (U) Th [...] | 2008-08-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1297 | GOSS VP MACAHR CONTINUED OBJECT OF SUSPICION BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar is the object of continued reports by SPLA intelligence sources accusing him of conspiracies to undermine GOSS President Salva Kiir and assume leadership of Southern Sudan. This deep level of distrust of one of the [...] | 2008-08-26 12:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1298 | NCP EAGER FOR CONTINUED BILATERAL TALKS, FLEXIBLE [...] (C) During meetings with A/CDA Asquino and polchief August 25, two senior NCP regime insiders expressed a strong desire to resume bilateral discussions with the US. MFA U/S (and senior NCP official) Mutriff Siddiq told us that while the NCP would like another round of bilateral talks soon, th [...] | 2008-08-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1300 | UPDATE ON FIGHTING IN KALMA CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: On August 25, USAID staff received reports of fighting and casualties in Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, South Darfur (REFTEL). UNAMID stated that armed IDPs had set up human shields and fired first on GOS forces assembled outside the camp, and UNAMID managed [...] | 2008-08-26 15:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1302 | RIZEIGAT, MISSERIYA TRIBAL FIGHTING IN SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting that began on August 20 between Misseriya and Rizeigat herders resulted in the deaths of more than 60 people in South Darfur. Misseriya elder Kamil Nimir downplayed the violence, characterizing it as a dispute over access to water that spiraled out of control due to th [...] | 2008-08-27 12:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1303 | KALMA IDP CAMP UPDATE [...] (SBU) UNAMID sources confirmed that 33 IDPs were killed on August 25, with 31 buried inside the camp following the fighting, and two dying at the hospital in Nyala. The embassy received an unconfirmed report from Fur tribal leaders that of the 33 dead, 11 women were killed, two of whom were pr [...] | 2008-08-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1311 | KALMA CAMP UPDATE, AUGUST 28 [...] (SBU) As photos circulated on the internet of Kalma IDPs burying their dead from the August 25 violence, political actors in Darfur remain uncertain on how to deal with the events that left 32 IDPs dead, and up to 17 police officers injured. Ali Mahmoud, Wali of South Darfur, was vocal in his d [...] | 2008-08-28 16:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1312 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 26 and 27, six senior leaders of UNAMID separately discussed UNAMID deployment issues with poloffs. Most officials dismissed 80% deployment by December 31 as unrealistic, but predicted this goal may be reached by March 2009 if UNAMID completes upgrades to Darfur's air [...] | 2008-08-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1315 | KALMA CAMP UPDATE, AUGUST 29 [...] (SBU) UNDSS Chief for South Darfur Abdalla Janakat provided additional details on the August 25 attack by GOS police forces on Kalma Camp. He told poloff in Nyala August 28 that 60 GoS vehicles surrounded the camp on the morning of the August 25 attack. He said IDPs likely had intelligence o [...] | 2008-08-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM132 | SOUTHERN NCP REP: "WE DO NOT WANT TO BE USED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jock Dei Deng, Southerner and NCP representative in the GoSS, warned that the 2009 elections will stir up violence and may splinter the South. He said that the North will use this opportunity to prevent or delay the 2011 referendum. He expressed concern that the NCP may use its [...] | 2008-01-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPKO PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1323 | GOVERNANCE CAPACITY IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) was created with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) in 2005. No government of its kind existed before it in Southern Sudan -- the earlier Executive Council that resulted from the 1972 Addis Ababa Accords did not have anyw [...] | 2008-09-01 12:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1329 | REGIME INSIDER ACKNOWLEDGES KALMA CAMP MASSACRE, [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez called on MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq September 1 to discuss the Kalma Camp attack. CDA Fernandez told Siddiq that events in Kalma camp in South Darfur constituted a massacre of civilians, including many women and children, and urged the GOS to bring the perpet [...] | 2008-09-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID KPKO PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1331 | MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...] | 2008-09-02 04:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1332 | MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...] | 2008-09-02 04:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1333 | MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...] | 2008-09-02 04:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1334 | FUR TRADITIONAL LEADER INCENSED BY KALMA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) On September 1, Charge d'Affaires Fernandez met with the Fur "Maqdoom" of South Darfur Ahmed Adam Rijal, to convey his private condolences to the Fur leader following the killings of at least 33 IDPs at Kalma camp on August 24. Visibly upset, the Maqdoom recounted that this tragedy is p [...] | 2008-09-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1336 | MACHAR EXPECTS SEPTEMBER 6 MEETING WITH LRA [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 28 meeting with ConGen Juba, GOSS Vice President Riek Machar expressed his confidence that LRA Leader Joseph Kony would meet him in Rikwangba on September 6 to discuss the Juba Peace Agreement. Machar thought it possible Kony would sign the agreement on that day, al [...] | 2008-09-02 11:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1337 | MORE DETAILS COMING OUT ABOUT KALMA CAMP ATTACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As access improves to Kalma camp, GoS officials, and the Nyala hospital, more details are filtering out about what happened in the August 25 attack. The primary emergency care doctor at Nyala told poloff on August 30 that the injuries sustained by the IDPs were "massive" and i [...] | 2008-09-02 11:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1343 | RIZEIGAT ARAB LEADER PROPOSES GRASSROOTS CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez called on prominent Rizeigat Arab and civil society leader Dr. Waleed Madibbo Mousa September 2 to discuss the latest developments in Darfur. Madibbo stated that the NCP regime is incapable of solving the Darfur crisis, which is increasingly threatening to destabiliz [...] | 2008-09-03 12:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1346 | AEC PLENARY SESSION OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 35th plenary session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) was held at AEC headquarters in Khartoum on September 2, 2008. Most of the session was devoted to lengthy reports on the current situation in South Kordofan, and preparations for national elections in 200 [...] | 2008-09-04 05:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1351 | NEW ABYEI ADMINISTRATOR REVIEWS HIS PLANS WITH CDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly designated Abyei Administrator Arop Mayak told CDA Fernandez that his immediate plans include establishing an environment that will permit the IDPs to return soon, reestablishing security, and promoting ethnic reconciliation between all the groups in the area. CDA Fernand [...] | 2008-09-04 09:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1352 | TURF WARS - RIVAL GOS FORCES CREATE A CHAOTIC AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rivalry and competition between government security agencies, paramilitary units, and proxy forces have led to a chaotic, violent, and militarized environment in Darfur, according to multiple and varied sources in North and South Darfur. These contacts (from UNAMID, DPA signato [...] | 2008-09-04 09:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1354 | CHINA COUNSELS SUDANESE ENGAGEMENT, U.S. RESTRAINT [...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Sudan, Chinese Special Envoy Zhai Jun strongly counseled the GOS to remain prudent in dealing with the threatened arrest warrant for President Bashir and to continue to engage with the international community, according to Chinese Ambassador Li. Zhai even sug [...] | 2008-09-04 10:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU-1 SU CM |
08KHARTOUM1360 | DARFUR ARAB REBEL LEADER STILL VOWS HE'S RETURNING [...] (C) On September 3, Arab-rebel leader Anwar Khatir told poloff that "within days" he would return to Darfur to resume his activities. (Note: Khatir has been described by leading Darfur experts such as Julie Flint as "Darfur's emerging Arab leader." After the GoS jailed and tortured him and [...] | 2008-09-05 09:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1361 | BASSOLE: SUDAN SHOULD NOW MAKE THE FIRST MOVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 4, the UN/AU's Chief Mediator to Darfur, Djibril Bassole told CDA Fernandez that the Government of Sudan (GoS) should take the first step to solve the Darfur crisis. According to Bassole, a positive unilateral move by the government on any number of security and hu [...] | 2008-09-05 09:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1363 | UK CONSULTANTS ON DDR: MISTRUST AND INAEDQUATE CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks, a team of UK-funded consultants assessed UN, GNU, and GoSS capacity to carry out a mammoth disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program planned to commence in January 2009. They found that while the GoS has sufficient capacity to start [...] | 2008-09-07 06:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1365 | FUR SHURA COUNCIL MEETING WITH CDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 4, leaders of the Fur Shura Council (FSC) told CDA Fernandez that they are suspicious of any NCP-led investigation into the Kalma camp attack. CDA Fernandez expressed his condolences for those killed in the Kalma camp attack, while FSC representatives emphasized th [...] | 2008-09-07 09:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1366 | HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 6 and 7, multiple UNAMID, rebel, and civil society leaders separately contacted poloffs and reported intense fighting between rebel and GoS forces near Birmaza, North Darfur. (Note: According to UN maps, Birmaza is located approximately 50 kilometers north of Kutum [...] | 2008-09-07 10:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM137 | UNMIS ON SAF AND SPLA REDEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Joint Operations Center (JOC) officer Major Ashe Brunton told poloff January 29 that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have largely complied with the troop redeployments outlined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) (apart from the oil fields) but [...] | 2008-01-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1371 | MINNAWI: GOS OPERATIONS IN NORTH DARFUR ARE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 7, SLM Chairman and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told poloff that he considers GoS military operations in North Darfur to be a declaration of war. Minnawi specifically cited combined SAF, Arab militia, and janjaweed deployment surrounding SLM/MM cont [...] | 2008-09-08 14:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1376 | GOS CLAIMS IT ACTED IN NORTH DARFUR TO SECURE HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) According to MFA Under Secretary Mutriff Siddiq, who holds the MFA's Darfur portfolio, the September 6 and 7 fighting between GoS and rebel forces in North Darfur was a direct result of UNAMID and WFP's requests for the GoS to clear feeder roads of bandits in the area of Birmaza. Accordi [...] | 2008-09-09 04:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM138 | DPKO GUEHENNO's VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS successfully avoided senior-level meetings with DPKO U/S Guehenno during his visit to Sudan and continues to drag its feet on finalizing a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and other UNAMID-related issues. The AU Summit in Addis Ababa provides a good opportunity to press [...] | 2008-01-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1383 | PARADOXICAL DARFUR COMPENSATION CHAIRMAN WILL RETURN TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 4 meeting with poloffs, TDRA Compensation Committee Chairman Abulgasim Ahmed Abulgasim said that the many Darfur initiatives and proposals (including his own plan recently rejected by the NCP,) are unable to fundamentally change Darfur (reftel). In a remarkable tur [...] | 2008-09-11 07:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL PINR EFIN MOPS KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1385 | ABYEI ADMINISTRATION TAKING SHAPE, SLOWLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Elements of the new Abyei Administration, notably on the security side, are taking shape, but Abyei Roadmap implementation remains constrained by the lack of a functioning civil administration. The local government should begin receiving oil revenues (calculated by the Finance [...] | 2008-09-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1386 | United Nations Africa Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Deployment [...] (SBU) Summary: Self-sufficiency is a key component for Troop-Contributing Country (TCC) deployment success as 3,900 UNAMID-shepherded containers continue to be held up in Port Sudan and El Obeid by both internal factors and by the regime. An emphasis on local procurement could decrease expense [...] | 2008-09-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1387 | NYALA AND KALMA CAMP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez traveled to Nyala on September 9-10 to meet with officials from the GOS and UNAMID, IDP leaders and humanitarian actors in the wake of the killing of dozens of IDPs in Kalma camp by GOS forces. The unrepentant Wali of South Darfur heaped scorn on the residents of Ka [...] | 2008-09-11 14:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1388 | FORMER DARFUR CEASEFIRE REPS AFRAID FOR LIVES AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Claiming that the International Criminal Court is using information they collected in their previous duties, ex-representatives of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) fear GoS reprisal, including detention, unexplained disappearances, and targeted assassinations. Contacts alleged th [...] | 2008-09-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO UNSC AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1389 | CHADIAN REBELS CLOSE TO SELECTING SINGLE LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, UFDD/F spokesman Mouktar ben Yahya told poloff that the leaders of five Chadian rebel movements are currently meeting in Sudan and will choose a single leader of an allied force this week. Yahya vowed that without progress in the peace process, the rebels would s [...] | 2008-09-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM139 | EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN UN [...] (SBU) The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) mandates that all civilian employees, military personnel, and UN Volunteers undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. According to the UNMIS Chief of Conduct and Discipline Aster Zaoude, all personnel must undergo prev [...] | 2008-01-30 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1390 | INFLUENTIAL NCP STRATEGIST CALLS FOR SERIOUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1391 | JANJAWEED DOMINATE NORTH DARFUR PUNITIVE CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Janjaweed and Arab militias have dominated the Birmaza and Deisa attacks in North Darfur, according to multiple contacts. One advisor to infamous janjaweed leader Musa Hilal told locally employed staff that SAF directed Arab militias to intentionally target Zaghawa strongholds i [...] | 2008-09-12 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1393 | MY MY, IS THAT AN OCAMPO YOU'RE WEARING? [...] SUMMARY: The latest fashion craze for Sudanese women is a toup (traditional Sudanese sari-like dress) named after International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo. The "Ocampo" toup is a glittering, sequin-heavy design of chiffon. Its title continues a trend of naming clothing [...] | 2008-09-14 09:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM14 | MURDER OF SLA/MINAWI CEASEFIRE COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the same day that JEM representative to the Ceasefire Commission GEN Mohammed Basher was arrested along with five other JEM members, an SLA/Minawi representative was killed in Mellit (North Darfur) along with his nephew, who worked for PAE. These two events demonstrate the cha [...] | 2008-01-06 04:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC CD |
08KHARTOUM1404 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAHEDDIN GOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah Eddin, current thinking of GoS policy makers is clouded by the suspicion that the West is less interested in resolving the Darfur conflict than it is in regime change in Khartoum. He agreed that Sudan needs to deliver a more substan [...] | 2008-09-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA SU |
08KHARTOUM1406 | SLM/MM ON EAST JEBEL MARRA FIGHTING AND ZAMZAM INCURSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 15, three senior leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) in North Darfur told poloff that SLM/MM "routed" GoS forces in East Jebel Marra on September 14 following combat on September 13 in the same region. SLM/MM leaders also gave a detail [...] | 2008-09-16 06:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1410 | MEDIA REACTION: THE BRITISH AND FRENCH WILL SAVE BASHIR? [...] (U) SUMMARY: An article published by Alex Duval in the September 14 edition of The Guardian (UK) entitled "British efforts to block the ICC indictment of President Al-Bashir" has emboldened the state-influenced press of Khartoum. The article made front-page news September 15 and 16, with a n [...] | 2008-09-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1411 | MEDIA REACTION: THE BRITISH AND FRENCH WILL SAVE BASHIR? [...] (U) SUMMARY: An article published by Alex Duval in the September 14 edition of The Guardian (UK) entitled "British efforts to block the ICC indictment of President Al-Bashir" has emboldened the state-influenced press of Khartoum. The article made front-page news September 15 and 16, with a n [...] | 2008-09-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1415 | SUDAN - USCG ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT [...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered talking points and dipnote with text of letter from Coast Guard RADM Salerno (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on September 15. The letter was addressed to Foreign Minister Alor. U/S Siddiq acknowledged the sensitivity of allowing [...] | 2008-09-18 06:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KPKO PGOV PTER KHLS ECON SU |
08KHARTOUM1417 | SUDANESE INTEL CHIEF WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: The GOS will be hard-pressed to control the actions of Islamic radicals in Sudan if the ICC issues an arrest warrant against President Bashir, NISS Chief Salah Ghosh told CDA Fernandez September 17. Ghosh clarified that he did not tell French Presidential Advisor Bruno Joubert th [...] | 2008-09-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1422 | "THIS TIME, THEY'RE SERIOUS?" - SUDAN MAKES UP [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his departure for UNGA, Sudanese VP Ali Osman Taha hammered out a reconciliation with disgruntled Darfur rebel leader Minni Minnawi, promising full compliance of the semi-moribund 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement and an end to recent fighting and bombing in Darfur. Taha a [...] | 2008-09-20 09:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1428 | POST-2011 SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE COULD LEAVE KHARTOUM IDP'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Little attention is being paid to the mechanics of an initially non-violent break-up if, as widely expected, Southern Sudan votes for independence in the 2011 referendum. Several IDP experts have raised the possibility that Northern anger towards Southerners could be directed at [...] | 2008-09-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV EAID KIRF KPKO SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM1431 | SUDAN - USCG ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT APPROVAL [...] (C) The GOS has approved the October visit of the USCG assessment team, NISS liaison Col. Osman Muktar told Station Chief September 21. 2. (C) Col. Muktar said the GOS would not provide approval notification through MFA channels. Muktar requested additional details about the assessment tea [...] | 2008-09-22 07:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KPKO PGOV PTER KHLS ECON SU |
08KHARTOUM1433 | NCP TIMELINE AND AGENDA FOR SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Within the next two to three weeks, the Sudanese regime will organize a conference on Darfur to seek consensus on its much-touted, but ill-defined, "Sudan People's Initiative," intended to bring peace to the troubled region, NCP Politburo chief Mandour al Mahdi and former South Da [...] | 2008-09-22 12:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1434 | OVERVIEW OF DARFUR REBEL POSITIONS, RELATIVE STRENGTH, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two recent visits to El-Fasher and Nyala, UN security provided an overview of Darfur rebel group's positions, relative strength, and potential for coordination. Sources stated that areas of control are fluid and prone to change, especially following GoS operations in North D [...] | 2008-09-22 14:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1438 | WHERE ARE DARFUR'S HIJACKED CARS AND TRUCKS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur's hijacking is a complex phenomenon, according to UNAMID, INGOs, and local contacts based in El-Fasher and Nyala. Most sources placed the majority of the blame on many different rebel movements, with one contact describing a transportation chain through SLM/MM and SLA/Un [...] | 2008-09-23 05:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1439 | CDA DISCUSSES SECURITY FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WFP Deputy Regional Representative Monika Midel emphatically denied that the WFP had sought GoS military action in North Darfur to provide security for humanitarian operations there. She confirmed the existence of black markets in Chad and Darfur where hijacked humanitarian s [...] | 2008-09-23 07:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM1440 | UN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMINING PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Mine Action Office (UNMAO) and its contractors expect a 90 per cent success rate in clearing mines and unexploded ordinance (UXOs) in Sudan prior to a mid-2011 program handover to national authorities. Even with the current optimism, UNMAO doesn't realisticall [...] | 2008-09-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KHDP KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1445 | UPDATE ON TAHA-MINNAWI AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 23, Muhammad Tijani, a senior SLM/MM leader and Minnawi confidant, told poloff that "so far" he is satisfied with the GoS's response to the September 19 agreement between Vice President Taha and SLM Chairman Minni Minnawi in El-Fasher (ref A). Muhammad Tijani stat [...] | 2008-09-24 05:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1449 | TDRA OFFICIALS FEAR ZAGHAWA DOMINANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 23, the leaders of both the Compensation and Land Commissions in the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) told poloff that they fear the Zaghawa tribe's dominance in Darfur and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM). Head of the Land Commi [...] | 2008-09-25 06:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM145 | MALLOCH BROWN ADVOCATES INCENTIVES TIED TO [...] (C) Summary: UK Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN Lord Mark Malloch Brown told CDA Fernandez January 30 that the UK would like to offer the Government of Sudan a package of incentives tied to milestones on peace in Darfur and CPA implementation, accompanied by a clear message of consequence [...] | 2008-01-31 07:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1451 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID officials still believe that sixty-percent deployment is possible by the end of 2008, and eighty-percent is achievable by the end of March 2009. However, for this to happen, all former AMIS battalions must rotate at full strength and several new battalions have to be will [...] | 2008-09-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1457 | GOS REINFORCES TROOPS AND MILITIA IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The GOS has "heavily reinforced" its positions, troops, and militias in Darfur in recent weeks, according to UNAMID's Joint Mission Analysis Center (JMAC) section chief Colonel Serge Kuhn (French). JMAC also reported that SLM/AW and SLA/U are coordinating and defending each other [...] | 2008-09-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1468 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with poloff, UNAMID officials reiterated the belief that 60% deployment is possible by the end of 2008. Road and rail transport of COE remains ongoing, but the lack of an air bridge and adequate air assets remain a significant obstacles to accelerated de [...] | 2008-10-03 09:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1469 | GOSS CONTEMPLATES RANSOM PAYMENT FOR TANKS [...] (C) Government of Southern Sudan Minister for Internal Affairs Paul Mayom Akec told CG Juba October 1 that the Government of Southern Sudan was preparing to pay a ransom to the Somali pirates holding the SPLA,s long-awaited arms shipment ) should there be a drop in price. &We are scraping the [...] | 2008-10-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL PTER UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1483 | 9/29 HELICOPTER CRASH - NO EVIDENCE OF SMALL WEAPONS FIRE [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with UNAMID Public Information Director Kamal Saiki on October 5 regarding the September 29 crash of a UNAMID-contracted helicopter, which resulted in the deaths of three Russians and 1 Sudanese. Saiki said that UNAMID has received no indication that the Mi-8 helicopter, con [...] | 2008-10-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1487 | DARFUR ROUNDUP: SPLM MINISTER RECOUNTS AMBUSH IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM South Darfur Agriculture Minister Omer Abdel Rahman Adam survived a harrowing ambush attempt, but refused to speculate on the perpetrators. The incident has ignited outrage in Darfur and as well as Juba, where Salva Kiir has ordered the formation of an investigative committe [...] | 2008-10-06 12:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1488 | UN ANNOUNCES TWO DEMINING CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Mine Action Office (UNMAO) announced plans to roll out two multi-year training programs to build the capacity of local demining organizations that will assume overall program responsibility from UNMAO mid-2011. The Planning and Monitoring Project will emphasiz [...] | 2008-10-06 13:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1490 | NCP/SPLM DISCUSSIONS ON DARFUR AND ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The NCP and SPLM have been negotiating over the past few days on electoral issues as well as a package of concessions that the GNU could offer on Darfur as part of the Sudan People,s Initiative, NCP insider Yehia Bebiker told polchief October 6. Bebiker accompanied Vice President Taha t [...] | 2008-10-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1499 | AEC PLENARY ADDRESSES DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) monthly plenary session focused on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR). A/CDA Asquino attended the meeting for the U.S. Prior to a lengthy presentation by an UNMIS DDR expert, AEC Chairman Derek Plu [...] | 2008-10-09 10:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM15 | SPLM APPOINTS CHAIRMAN IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) Amidst ongoing border clashes in the Abyei region, the SPLM has appointed Edward Lino as "SPLM Chairman in Abyei area." In his capacity as Chairman of the SPLM, First Vice President of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir issued an "SPLM Chairman's Decree" o [...] | 2008-01-06 04:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1500 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SLM/MINNAWI REPRESENTATIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8, SLM/Minnawi leaders in Khartoum told Special Envoy Williamson that they remain optimistic about the September 19 agreement between Vice President Ali Osman Taha and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi. SLM representatives emphasized, however, that this agr [...] | 2008-10-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1504 | CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES MAY MISS THE BOAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Darfurian civil society groups are separately working to combine existing civil society proposals with the hope of developing a unified, comprehensive view of Darfurians on how to resolve the crisis in their region, although neither anticipates its work will be complete befo [...] | 2008-10-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1506 | SOUTH DARFUR MINISTER RECOUNTS AMBUSH ATTEMPT; EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, Omer Abdel Rahman Adam recounted details of the September 30 attack on his vehicle that resulted in the death of his bodyguard. Although reluctant to directly accuse any particular individual or agency, Adam asserted that the attack was a targeted assassination at [...] | 2008-10-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1507 | OCTOBER 6 ATTACK ON UNAMID CONVOY [...] (SBU) The UNAMID Public Information Office in El Fasher and the UN Department of Security Services (UNDSS) Khartoum, confirmed that on October 6 at 17:00 local time, a UNAMID joint military police security convoy was ambushed by an undetermined number of armed men while on patrol near the town [...] | 2008-10-10 13:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1509 | SE WILLIAMSON URGES BASSOLE TO BE PROACTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: SE Williamson strongly urged Djibril Bassole to embrace his role as Chief Mediator and become proactive in engaging with key decision-makers in both the NCP and rebel movements, during a meeting in Khartoum October 8. He noted the likelihood for progress in Qatar is small and ask [...] | 2008-10-13 05:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM151 | MFA SAYS APPROVAL FOR WILLIAMSON VISIT REFERRED TO [...] (C) The question of whether or not to approve the visit of newly-appointed Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Williamson has been referred to the Presidency, according to MFA Americas Director Ambassador Abdel Al-Sanosi. Al-Sanosi told CDA January 31 that "the feeling here is very negative" abou [...] | 2008-01-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1510 | SE WILLIAMSON TELLS KHARTOUM TO MAKE A RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOS must make a radical adjustment in its approach to Darfur, SE Williamson told regime officials in Khartoum. Peace conferences and theatrics are fine, but what is urgently required is a deal with keys rebels, and implementation of that deal. Williamson blasted the NCP for [...] | 2008-10-13 07:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1512 | SE WILLIAMSON MEETINGS WITH SOUTHERN SUDANESE [...] (C) US Special Envoy to Sudan Ambassador Richard Williamson visited the southern Sudanese towns of Rumbek and Juba on 7 October to meet with Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir Mayardit, the Sudan Liberation Peopl [...] | 2008-10-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV UNSC KPKO AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1514 | SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH AEC CHAIR PLUMBLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AEC Chair Plumbly told Special Envoy Richard Williamson on October 8 that while the two parties to the CPA have not precisely met deadlines for implementation, they are progressing and have addressed difficult issues with a modicum of cooperation. Having recently returned from tw [...] | 2008-10-13 11:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1518 | DETENTION OF YOUNG WOMEN IN JUBA FOR WEARING TROUSERS [...] SUMMARY: On October 5, 2008 28 women were arrested and detained by Southern Sudan Police Services (SSPS) officers for wearing short skirts or trousers. The arrests were made under the authority of a Public Order issued by the Juba County Commissioner Albert Pitia Redantore on October 2, 2008. [...] | 2008-10-14 04:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1521 | SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE SET TO START OCTOBER 16, [...] (C) The Sudan People's Initiative is scheduled to begin October 16 in Khartoum with speeches by President Bashir and other officials including First Vice President Salva Kiir, who has decided to attend, but will deliver a "tough message" on Darfur. Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and Da [...] | 2008-10-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1523 | TURABI LOVES THE ICC, HATES NCP'S DARFUR PLANS [...] SUMMARY: On October 14, Hassan al-Turabi held a press conference at the Popular Congress Party (PCP)'s Khartoum headquarters and formally announced that the PCP will boycott participation in th Sudan People's Initiative plan for peace in Darfur. END SUMMARY. 2. With his characteristic zeal, [...] | 2008-10-15 08:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1524 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings from October 11-15, UNAMID officials expressed concern over slow progress on airport upgrades, UNAMID's lack of air assets, and the weak security posture of many of UNAMID's bases. Chief of Staff Almstrom and J5 Colonel Stafford both stated that their focus of late [...] | 2008-10-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1528 | MINNAWI ON HIS RETURN TO KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, Minnawi met poloff in El-Fasher stating that he will travel to Khartoum for the start of the Sudan People's Initiative, but that he will spend less than 24 hours in the capital and only "inject my own views on the process and the DPA and then return to the field." [...] | 2008-10-16 06:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1532 | SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE: NO SUBSTANCE YET [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Initiative commenced in Khartoum October 16 with a show of solidarity among Sudan's current and former leaders; two former Sudanese heads of state (Suwar al Dahab and Sadiq al Mahdi) joined President Bashir on the dais along with FVP and GOSS President Salva Ki [...] | 2008-10-17 12:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1533 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH UNAMID SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to UNAMID Joint Special Representative Adada, relations with the GoS, narrowly-defined, have turned the corner and UNAMID deployment is accelerating, with 14,000 peacekeepers expected to be on the ground by year,s end. He agreed that harassment of humanitarian NGOs in [...] | 2008-10-17 12:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1538 | REPORTS OF ARREST OF WAR CRIMES SUSPECT GREATLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite ongoing high profile pronouncements regarding the alleged arrest of notorious janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb, little actual proof has emerged that Kushayb is in GOS custody. Meeting with polchief, (SPLM) State Minister of Justice Wek Kuol said he had heard Kushayb [...] | 2008-10-19 07:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM154 | NCP MAY SEEK TO DEFER 2009 NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NCP-aligned politician Dr. Mudawi El-Turabi indicated that the Khartoum regime may seek national consensus to defer the 2009 elections and hold them at a later date. The NCP's argument would be that Darfur, the South and The Three Areas are too unstable for elections to take pla [...] | 2008-02-01 09:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1544 | SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF ON HIGHJACKED WEAPONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, SPLA Chief of Staff Deng described that day,s meeting of the Joint Defense Board and the SPLA/M,s contentious relationship with the SAF and the NCP. He also provided an update on SPLA thinking on the Ukrainian ship seized by Somali pirates with weapons intended fo [...] | 2008-10-19 15:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1545 | A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NEW SLM FIGHTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 16, a new fighter for the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) described his daily life in the field to poloff. The contact described dire conditions for SLM/MM troops, where fighters are expected to buy their own uniforms (often from UNAMID troops,) m [...] | 2008-10-20 05:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM155 | WHERE THE CENSUS MEETS DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN is deeply concerned about the GNU's ability to conduct a census in Darfur. Rebel groups and IDPs are resisting the census due to a deep distrust of the government in Khartoum and a lack of understanding about the census. Moreover, the Presidency has yet to officially rec [...] | 2008-02-01 10:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1550 | KIDNAPPING OF CHINESE OIL WORKERS IN SOUTH KORDOFAN [...] (SBU) A political officer at the Chinese Embassy in Khartoum confirmed to poloff on October 20 that nine (9) Greater Nile Petroleum Workers were kidnapped on October 18 at approximately noon by "an unknown armed group" in South Kordofan State. The Chinese official could not confirm the involve [...] | 2008-10-20 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1551 | GOS SEEMS TO BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: Influential regime insider and presidential advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail told CDA Fernandez that the GoS has recalibrated its focus from frantically searching for ways to avoid an ICC indictment of GNU President Al-Bashir to finding a solution to the Darfur crisis. Ismail stated [...] | 2008-10-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1556 | NCP CONTINUES CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary: The NCP is willing to negotiate directly with key rebels in advance of peace talks in Doha, expects that UN/AU Chief Mediator Bassole will direct the talks, and will sweeten the pot by releasing some Darfuri prisoners, but is not quite ready to release the JEM rebels who attacked t [...] | 2008-10-21 10:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1557 | TWO YEARS LATER, ESPA STILL FAILS TO PRODUCE CHANGE ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-16, poloff traveled to Kassala and Port Sudan to discuss implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) with local government officials, UN representatives and members of the Beja Congress in a visit tightly controlled by local authorities. While a handf [...] | 2008-10-21 11:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1558 | CHADIAN REBEL REVEALS GOS SUPPORT, RELATIVE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 20, Abaker Tolli, a UFDD Khartoum-based representative told poloffs that Sudanese Intelligence summoned the leadership of all major Chadian rebel movements to Khartoum, threatening that the rebels must choose a single leader or the GoS will stop their material support [...] | 2008-10-21 13:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1559 | "THEY WANT TO CANCEL SOMETHING CALLED THE DPA" [...] (C) Summary: Minni Minnawi reported that since returning to Khartoum he has seen no progress on VP Taha's September 2008 commitments to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement's (DPA),and cast the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) as a distraction from the NCP's unfulfilled commitments on the DPA. [...] | 2008-10-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1567 | HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] (U) Summary: On October 21, the high-level committee that oversees the implementation of the Joint Communique on the Facilitation of Humanitarian Activities in Darfur met at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum. The meeting was attended by U.S. Charge d'Affaires Alberto Fernandez [...] | 2008-10-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1568 | EASTERN OPPOSITION PARTIES UNPREPARED FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-16, poloff traveled to Kassala and Port Sudan to discuss implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (Ref A) and the outlook for elections in the East. Representatives of the Eastern Front, which has weakened steadily since the signing of the ESPA, told polo [...] | 2008-10-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1569 | UN/AU OBSERVATIONS AT THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Discussions at the Sudan People's Initiative in Kenana were reportedly open, constructive, and sometimes combative, with rifts between NCP officials on display for all to see, JMST Chief of Staff Yasir Sabra told polchief October 21. Presidential Assistant Nafie ali Nafie took a [...] | 2008-10-22 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1573 | SUDANESE AGREE TO US AIRLIFT SUPPORT FOR UNAMID; [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met with MFA Under Secretary Dr. Mutriff Siddiq on 23 October to inform him of planned US airlift support for UNAMID. Explaining that the USG would like to be clear and precise with the GNU on the USG's agreement with the UN to provide airlift support for UNAMID personnel and [...] | 2008-10-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UNSC SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM1574 | PROUD CHADIAN REBEL CHIEF BOASTS OF INFLUENCE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 23, the leader of UFCD Adouma Hassaballah Djadalrab, told poloffs that the leadership of five Chadian rebel movements are currently in Khartoum working towards unification and the selection of a single leader. Hassaballah denied Khartoum's involvement in this meeting [...] | 2008-10-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1577 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite minor setbacks, UNAMID deployment appears to be on track; end of year deployment goals should be met. As of October 22, UNAMID had received more than 50 percent of expected Darfur staffing with a combined total of 13,700 UNAMID military, police and civilian staff. Depl [...] | 2008-10-24 11:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1579 | MEDIA REACTION: ICC AND UN PEACEKEEPING IN CAHOOTS [...] (SBU) Summary: This week the pro-government Khartoum newspaper Al-Rai al-Aam printed front-page headlines claiming proof of collusion between International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Miguel Moreno Ocampo and the UN. Citing three-year old reports and statements made in press interviews, th [...] | 2008-10-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM158 | CHAD-SUDAN BORDER INCIDENTS; HUMANITARIAN AID DISRUPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Chadian military bombing along the West Darfur border, Sudan has escalated its military response in the area and the Sudanese Minister of Defense visited El Geneina with senior SAF officers January 28. Humanitarian operations outside El Geneina have been interrupt [...] | 2008-02-03 04:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1580 | MINNAWI KICKS OUT DETRACTOR FROM SLM/MM AND JUSTIFIES HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 24, SLM/MM chairman Minni Minnawi presided over a party meeting announcing that the membership of its Secretary General Mustafa Tirab has been suspended. Effective immediately, Ali Hussein Dausa will replace Tirab, who has long been accused of working for the NCP. Pri [...] | 2008-10-26 07:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1582 | MACHAR PROPOSES TO WAIT OUT LRA'S KONY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 22 meeting with ConGen Juba, GOSS Vice President Riek Machar said that The Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony had stopped communicating with him, and that he would not try to talk to him again until Kony reached out to him. Machar said he believes Kony is ru [...] | 2008-10-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1584 | U/S KENNEDY MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ [...] (C) Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy met October 26 with MFA Undersecretary Mutrif Siddiq. U/S Kennedy thanked Siddiq for his assistance in clearing the NEC containers, and for expediting the issuance of non-diplomatic license plates for US Embassy vehicles following the assassin [...] | 2008-10-28 06:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1585 | ABYEI ADMINISTRATION OFF TO A SLOW START DUE TO FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Knee-deep in protocols and barely-functional joint military and police units, the beleaguered town of Abyei has yet to see any of the US$48 million promised to it annually. The Abyei Interim Administrator expects his staff to arrive eager to volunteer their services (without pa [...] | 2008-10-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1586 | WEST DARFUR GOVERNOR:THE FUR TRIBE IS FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, former Darfur rebel and current Governor of West Darfur Abulgasim Imam told CDA Fernandez that the Fur tribe is defending itself against three hostile groups, the Government of Sudan, Arab militias, and the Zaghawa tribe. Imam acknowledged the failure of both the [...] | 2008-10-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1588 | CHD HOPES TO REDUCE HIJACKINGS IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD) is on track to restart negotiations to improve humanitarian security by focusing on measures against vehicle hijackings. Dennis McNamara told donors in Khartoum October 23 that CHD representatives intend to travel to Darf [...] | 2008-10-28 09:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1589 | DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: QATAR AND SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27 and 28, CDA Fernandez and polchief met with leaders from the Joint Mediation Support Team, National Congress Party, and other political parties to discuss the Sudan People's Initiative and potential negotiations in Qatar on Darfur. Contacts expressed conflicting m [...] | 2008-10-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM159 | NCP OPEN TO ARBITRATION ON ABYEI [...] (SBU) During a meeting with CDA Fernandez January 31, NCP strategist and Director of the Strategic Studies Institute Dr. Sayed Al-Kkateeb said the NCP may be open to arbitration on Abyei. However, he said the NCP may not be open to a high-level meeting in Washington to inaugurate an Abyei initi [...] | 2008-02-03 04:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1591 | SUDAN'S "FREEDOM BELLS" MUFFLED BY GOS ON ALL FRONTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese authorities are limiting the reach of Khartoum's newest Arabic-language daily, the independent but SPLM-leaning Ajras al-Hurriya ("Freedom Bells"),through a daily regimen of heavy censorship, excessive taxation and limited distribution. The paper's Nyala correspondent, [...] | 2008-10-29 08:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1593 | CHADIAN REBELS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR A LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, Abaker Tollimi, a UFDD Khartoum-based representative and second in command to Mahamat Nouri confirmed that the Chadian rebel leadership is under tremendous pressure from the Government of Sudan to unite, but internal division, personal ambition and a struggle for [...] | 2008-10-29 11:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1594 | GOS BLOCKS U.S. TRIP TO DARFUR AND FLIRTS WITH A [...] (SBU) On September 29, the Sudanese MFA finally informed CDA Fernandez that the GoS would not allow an embassy trip to Nyala and a joint UNAMID-USG trip to East Jebel Marra, Darfur scheduled for September 30. This denial came after a week of submitting three dipnotes, high-level discussions b [...] | 2008-10-30 05:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1602 | SPI WILL BE ONE OF MANY FAILED PEACE INITIATIVES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, veteran Darfur administrator and member of the Sudan People's Initiative, Tayyeb Muktar, told CDA Fernandez that the Sudan People's Initiative will likely become just one of many failed Darfur peace initiatives. Muktar also asserted that the once peaceful Fur tri [...] | 2008-10-31 10:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1603 | SPLM/NCP JOINTLY CONFRONT CORRUPTION THROUGH POLITICAL [...] (U) Recent events in Southern Kordofan state serve as a reminder of the divided, partisan nature of the state administration and the continued potential for widespread conflict to erupt. Tensions between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Minister of Finance, who is pursuing financ [...] | 2008-10-31 10:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1604 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID will reach its target of sixty percent deployment by the end of the year, but only by temporarily positioning new troop arrivals in the transit camps within the super camps, rather than at their intended final destinations. The offer to provide US airlift for contingent- [...] | 2008-11-02 05:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1607 | DARFUR PEACE PROCESS UPDATE - BASSOLE AND GOQ APPEAR MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole urged Qatar to focus first on the necessary preparations for negotiations and not on unrealistic dates for negotiations, according to senior representatives from the AU/UN's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST). JMST contacts emphasized that the fo [...] | 2008-11-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1608 | GOSS MINISTER ACCUSES NCP OF WITHHOLDING OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 31 meeting, GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng told ConGen Juba that the NCP has reneged on an agreement to settle the hard currency dispute between the GOSS and Khartoum (reftel),and is withholding oil revenue to pressure the GOSS to turn over [...] | 2008-11-03 05:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ASEC KPKO UNSC SU CH CFG |
08KHARTOUM161 | UMMA PARTY LEADER PREDICTS NCP "CRASH LANDING" IF [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with Umma Party Chairman Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi January 30 along with Umma party members Balghis Badri and Professor El-Sheikh Mahjoub. Al-Mahdi said the NCP's unpopularity and divided leadership is the basis for its provocative attitude towards the international c [...] | 2008-02-03 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PGOV PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM1612 | NO PROGRESS IN DPA IMPLEMENTATION IN LAST TWO WEEKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts from the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi told poloffs November 2 that there has been no progress in implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in the last two weeks, and limited overall progress since the September 19 deal between Minnawi and Vice Pre [...] | 2008-11-03 15:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1613 | JEM SENIOR LEADERSHIP ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of JEM senior leadership told poloff in meetings in London on October 28-29 that JEM remains open to negotiations. However, they noted JEM is withholding judgment on the Qatar Initiative until it obtains more information about its nature and scope. While predictably skept [...] | 2008-11-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1614 | DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE, OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: With Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) making significant advances in North Darfur, UN security officers based in El Fasher report that humanitarian security has increased slightly in the last month despite last week's killing of a South African UNAMID soldier. There is currently no i [...] | 2008-11-04 13:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1616 | CHADIAN REBELS: SELECTING A LEADER, MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 2, UFDD-F leader Abdoulwahid Aboud Makaye told poloffs that Chadian rebel leadership meeting in Khartoum will soon choose a leader by consensus, random selection, or a complicated multi-staged election. According to Aboud, the Chadian opposition does not fear the Gov [...] | 2008-11-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1617 | CHADIAN REBELS: SELECTING A LEADER, MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 2, UFDD-F leader Abdoulwahid Aboud Makaye told poloffs that Chadian rebel leadership meeting in Khartoum will soon choose a leader by consensus, random selection, or a complicated multi-staged election. According to Aboud, the Chadian opposition does not fear the Gov [...] | 2008-11-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1622 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5-6, Commander Victor Luis Hernandez, FPU Advisor/Coordinator for UNAMID, Hugo Wyers, FPU coordinator, Sector North, and Ian Divers, UNAMID Logistics Officer told Poloff that UNAMID is optimistic it will make its desired goal of 60 percent boots-on-the-ground by Decem [...] | 2008-11-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1625 | FURTHER INFORMATION ON MURDER OF CHINESE OIL [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of Sudan's Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID),the murder of five Chinese oil workers in western Kordofan was apparently triggered when the kidnappers spotted a GOS helicopter tracking their movements and panicked. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Ibrahim [...] | 2008-11-07 09:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC AU SU CH |
08KHARTOUM1627 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Pro-government and independent press here featured front-page photos of the president-elect and reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs'(MFA) statement congratulating the United States on Senator Obama's election, with Foreign Minister (FM) Deng Alor hoping for "positive contrib [...] | 2008-11-07 10:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC MCAP KPAO SU |
08KHARTOUM1633 | CHADIAN REBELS: RFC'S ERDIMI SAYS IT IS HIS TURN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate meetings on November 6 and 7, Timan Erdimi and his Secretary General of the Rally for the Forces of Change (RFC),Mahamat Hanno, both forcefully argued that Erdimi is the best leader for the Chadian rebels. Erdimi bashed rival UFDD leader Mahamat Nouri, and said [...] | 2008-11-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM1634 | BASHIR LASHES OUT AGAINST WEST IN GEDARIF RALLY [...] (SBU) In a November 6 rally in Gedarif State, President Bashir lashed out against the West and accused it of trying to "destroy" Sudan, according to Sudanese media reports. "Money and power are not in the hands of the U.S, Britain and France," the President was quoted as saying. Using an insult [...] | 2008-11-10 07:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1639 | FUR SHURA COUNCIL CALLS FOR IDP SELF-DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 9, leaders of the Fur Shura Council (FSC) told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's IDPs need community police units consisting of IDPs themselves. These FSC representatives also criticized the Sudan People's Initiative, called for one region for all of Darfur, urged US even [...] | 2008-11-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM164 | UMMA SEEKS TO REPAIR ITS PERCEIVED IMAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Umma party members are concerned that the USG has a "distorted perception" of their party and they are eager to set this image straight. Additionally, they call for USG support for a multi-opposition party dialogue on critical issues such as Darfur and the CPA. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2008-02-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1640 | SALAH GHOSH TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH KEY DARFUR [...] (C) National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Chief Salah Ghosh told UN/AU Darfur Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole that he will begin to meet quietly with key Darfur rebels in advance of peace talks in Doha, according to Bassole's senior staff. The first meeting will be with JEM's Khali [...] | 2008-11-10 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1645 | SLM/MM SECRETARY GENERAL ON SPI, QATAR, AND PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 9, Ali Hussein Dausa, the new Secretary General of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM,) told CDA Fernandez of his recent efforts to improve and re-organize the movement. Dausa shared his skepticism about the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) and th [...] | 2008-11-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1646 | URF SEEKS GREATER INPUT IN PEACE PROCESS; EXPLORES [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 meeting, United Resistance Front (URF) political commissar Tadjadine Niam told poloff that the Darfur peace process will never gain traction if the international community keeps ignoring the rebel movements. Niam decried the lack of consultation with rebels [...] | 2008-11-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1649 | SLM/MM AND NCP CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON DPA FUNDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11 and 12, senior SLM/Minnawi (SLM/MM) and NCP officials separately told CDA Fernandez and poloffs that both parties are closer to agreement on outstanding DPA financial issues, though each party provided a different portrayal of the specific deal. Atta Al-Manan, a [...] | 2008-11-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1651 | BASHIR PROMISES CEASE-FIRE, DISARMAMENT, COMPENSATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: At the closing ceremony of the Sudan People's Initiative in Khartoum November 12, President Basher stole the show from the actual SPI document itself by unilaterally promising an "immediate and unconditional" cease-fire, disarmament of militias, compensation for IDPs on an indivi [...] | 2008-11-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1653 | CHINESE EMBASSY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese Embassy official who oversaw negotiations for the release of the kidnapped oil workers in South Kordofan told poloff that he had daily contact with the kidnappers and was prepared to pay a ransom, until negotiations were abruptly curtailed by the deaths of five of the [...] | 2008-11-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1654 | PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian emboff told poloffs on November 12. that during President Hosni Mubarak's November 10 visit to Khartoum, he offered to invite Khalil Ibrahim to Cairo in an attempt to persuade the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to commit to peace talks in Qatar This offer ha [...] | 2008-11-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1658 | DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION: THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Chief told CDA Fernandez that the program will begin in Blue Nile state but will be postponed from 2008 to 2009. Both agreed that Blue Nile is the best location to begin, and further agreed that the interna [...] | 2008-11-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM166 | TFCD01: DARFUR REBELS' FATE COULD BE TIED TO DEBY'S [...] (C) The Chadian Embassy in Khartoum and Senior Assistant to the President/Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi asserted in February 3 conversations with Poloff that a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Antonov bombed areas around Adre, Chad at approximately 1500 hours Sudan lo [...] | 2008-02-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SU CD |
08KHARTOUM1661 | TDRA COMMISSIONERS AWKWARDLY PLEASED BY SPI AND BASHIR'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Land and Compensation Commissioners of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) separately told poloff on November 13 that they were both pleasantly surprised by the results of the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) and President Bashir's speech at the initiative's clo [...] | 2008-11-14 11:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1662 | IRC AT WITS' END AT REGIME ATTRITION TACTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: While presenting a surface image of humanitarian cooperation, Sudanese authorities have succeeded in constraining IRC operations in Darfur to the point that the organization is tentative about its future in Sudan, IRC staff told CDA. With stay permits granted for only one quarte [...] | 2008-11-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1669 | THE CEASEFIRE THAT NEVER WAS - AERIAL BOMBING REPORTED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Multiple contacts from different rebel movements claimed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) bombed areas of North Darfur from November 12-14. UN sources told poloffs that the reports appear credible, though UNAMID has not yet independently verified these claims. If true, thes [...] | 2008-11-16 12:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1670 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff spoke with Commander Victor Luis Hernandez, FPU Advisor/Coordinator for UNAMID, and Col. Nody Stafford, Chief of Military Plans for UNAMID, November 12-13 to discuss UNAMID deployment issues. UNAMID and contingent-owned equipment continues to flow into Darfur, but additio [...] | 2008-11-16 12:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1671 | 37th AEC PLENARY: ELECTIONS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, AND JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) 37th plenary session on November 4, parties expressed concern at the slow pace of preparations for the mandated 2009 national elections, especially at the delays in adopting necessary legislation and in naming the National Elec [...] | 2008-11-16 13:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN KDEM KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1672 | DARFUR'S REBELS REJECT THE SPI AND BASHIR'S PROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the November 12 closing session of the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI),Darfur non-signatory rebels uniformly rejected President Omar Al-Bashir's announcement of a unilateral ceasefire and his proposed development package for Darfur. SLA/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) and SLA/Un [...] | 2008-11-16 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1675 | UPDATE ON POLITICAL PRISONERS FROM JEM ATTACK [...] (SBU) Summary: While 42 detainees who participated in the May 10 attack of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) on Omdurman wait to see if their death sentences will be commuted, authorities are trying 87 more individuals in five special anti-terrorism courts. Lawyers and UNMIS Human Rights [...] | 2008-11-17 10:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1676 | JOURNALISTS ORGANIZE CENSORSHIP PROTEST, KHARTOUM HAMMERS [...] SUMMARY: On November 17, Sudanese authorities arrested more than 60 protesters (many of them local journalists) outside parliament in Khartoum. The demonstrators were rallying against the systematic censorship that forces papers to consult with government security personnel on the content of [...] | 2008-11-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1678 | SPLM ADVISES THE USG TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE GOS [...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) Pagan Amum told CDA Fernandez on November 13 that it is important for the USG to maintain pressure on the Government of Sudan (GoS) if the GoS is to move from the announcement of concessions on Darfur to implement [...] | 2008-11-17 14:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1680 | A/S FRAZER'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT TAHA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Vice President Ali Osman Taha November 3 in Khartoum, A/S Jendayi Frazer recognized progress in the deployment of UNAMID, but urged that there be a substantive basis for negotiations as a result of the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI),implementation of the re [...] | 2008-11-18 06:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1681 | A/S FRAZER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER DENG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 06:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1682 | A/S FRAZER'S MEETINGS WITH NCP OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a round-table meeting followed by a dinner at the CDA's residence, several leading members of the National Congress Party told A/S Frazer that the GNU has made significant progress in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and pointed to Abyei as the only par [...] | 2008-11-18 07:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1683 | A/S FRAZER'S MEETING WITH TOP SPLM OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials Secretary General Pagan Amum and Deputy Secretary Yasir Arman told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer on 3 November that they had just returned from a productive visit to Ndjamena to meet with Chadian Presi [...] | 2008-11-18 07:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI KPKO KDEM AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM1685 | AT LONG LAST, SUDAN HAS A NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) On 17 November, the Sudanese National Assembly approved the nine members of the National Electoral Commission (NEC). The NEC Chairman is prominent Sudanese political figure and southerner Abel Alier (reftels). Alier, an internationally respected judge and human-rights lawyer, who served [...] | 2008-11-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1689 | LOOKING PAST THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) has not lived up to its expectations by a long shot. Despite the latest 11th hour push to implement the agreement, the DPA is so far behind schedule that it may be impossible to revive fully. The DPA has not brought security to Darfur, lead [...] | 2008-11-20 15:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1690 | LOOKING PAST THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) has not lived up to its expectations by a long shot. Despite the latest 11th hour push to implement the agreement, the DPA is so far behind schedule that it may be impossible to revive fully. The DPA has not brought security to Darfur, lead [...] | 2008-11-21 06:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1691 | UPSURGE IN FIGHTING IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (C) Rebel, UNAMID and NGO contacts confirmed fighting in and around Helif, North Darfur between November 18 and 20. SLA/AW commander Suleiman Marajane told emboffs that on November 20 his forces attacked a SAF position in Helif at 7:00 am. (Note: Helif was previously under the control of SLA/ [...] | 2008-11-21 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1693 | WAU: ALL QUIET IN THE HINTERLANDS, BUT IN NEED OF MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: The capital of Western Bahr al-Ghazal state in South Sudan, Wau is both secure and eager for international assistance. Operating in an ad hoc manner, local police have managed to control tribal conflict and keep down petty crime, but local government incompetence has hindered wo [...] | 2008-11-21 11:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1694 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT AND PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNAMID will meet sixty-percent deployment by the end of 2008, but will not have increased its operational capacity even with the additional troops, until they can be deployed to the field. Eighty-percent deployment by March 31 is not possible, and UNAMID has backed away from prese [...] | 2008-11-23 12:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1697 | MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ WELCOMES US-LED CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 23 meeting with CDA Fernandez, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq welcomed a USG offer to lead efforts to form an interim cease-fire monitoring mechanism for Darfur until UNAMID is prepared to take on the task, but cautioned that the GOS would need time to study both [...] | 2008-11-24 06:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1698 | SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF CALLS IDEA OF A US-LED [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Chief Salah Ghosh on 23 November to discuss the idea of a US-led independent Darfur Cease-fire Monitoring Team in response to Ghosh's past request for assistance in instituting a cease-fire monitoring mechanis [...] | 2008-11-24 06:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1702 | OIL EXECUTIVES DOUBT MINISTER'S CLAIM OF 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings from November 18-20, oil industry executives told econoff they were doubtful that Sudan could boost oil production from 500,000 to 600,000 barrels per day in 2009, as claimed recently by Minister of Energy and Mining Zubeir Al Hassan. While increasing production in [...] | 2008-11-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN ASEC KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1704 | PCP LEADER TURABI SAYS SUDAN REQUIRES A NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Popular Congress Party (PCP)leader Hassan Turabi dismissed the Sudan People,s Initiative (SPI) as lacking any real substance. Turabi argued that Darfur can only be resolved by a truly national forum in which all parties are equally represented and that addresses national issues [...] | 2008-11-24 14:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO AU UNSC SU QA |
08KHARTOUM1707 | SLM/MM ATTACKS LIKELY PROVOKED GOS BOMBING IN SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23-24, members of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) ruefully acknowledged that their movement attacked a GoS force on November 19. These sources claimed that the GoS then bombed SLM/MM positions on November 22, destroying stolen SLM/MM assets. U [...] | 2008-11-25 11:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1708 | SUPPORTING CIVILIAN SECURITY AND RULE OF LAW IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the major portion of the INL bilateral program gets underway in Southern Sudan, the INL officer has made several significant observations over the last two months (outlined in this cable) which will result in adjustments to the INL program. The current fragile condition of th [...] | 2008-11-25 11:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1709 | DEATH SENTENCE APPEALS REFUSED IN FLAWED TRIAL FOR MURDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Nine defendants convicted of murdering a Sudanese journalist in 2006 retain one final appeal before they face execution, according to UNMIS Human Rights and the defendants' lawyer, Kamal Omer. The murder of Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed resulted in a politically-driven investigati [...] | 2008-11-25 13:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1711 | GOS LEADERS TO CONSIDER US-LED DARFUR CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) On November 25, CDA Fernandez met with key Government of Sudan (GoS) regime strategist and de-facto regime shadow Foreign Minister, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail, in order to inform him the idea of a US-led independent Darfur Cease-Fire Monitoring Team (ref d). CDA Fernandez t [...] | 2008-11-25 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1713 | FUR MP PESSIMISTIC ABOUT BASHIR'S PROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 22, Abulgasim Seifeldin, an influential SPLM Member of Parliament from South Darfur, told CDA Fernandez that he is very pessimistic about the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) and President Bashir's promises made at the closing ceremony of the SPI. Seifeldin also plead [...] | 2008-11-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1714 | ABYEI ADMINISTRATION AFTER TWO WEEKS: SO FAR, SO GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UN Head of Office for Abyei, the new Abyei Administration has made a good start since its arrival in the area two weeks ago. The Administration has drafted a budget, but is still not receiving the oil revenues promised in the Roadmap Agreement. It also is pre [...] | 2008-11-26 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1716 | GOSS RENEGOTIATES DDR AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a letter to the UN dated November 16, GOSS Vice President Riek Machar withdrew GOSS agreement to a Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration program it had previously signed with the UN last June in Geneva. Southern Sudan DDR Commission Chairperson William Deng Deng, in a [...] | 2008-11-26 12:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1717 | ARTICLES 17 AND 19 OF THE ROME STATUTE: SUDAN'S LEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Articles 17 and 19 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) provide room for Sudan to head off impending ICC trials of Sudanese nationals by conducting its own investigations and prosecutions, but legal experts doubt that Sudan possesses adequate laws and an [...] | 2008-11-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1718 | WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER SEES DARK CLOUDS ON SUDAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudan's World Bank Country Manager believes that falling oil prices and production, along with the global financial crisis, will confront Sudan with a "serious reckoning" in the coming two years. While Khartoum already is facing "hard decisions," the position of the autonomous [...] | 2008-11-26 14:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC IBRD SU |
08KHARTOUM172 | THE NORTH FEIGNS CENSUS READINESS; CLAIMS DAFURIANS WILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Under the authority of new Director Yassin El-Hag Abdeen, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) claims that the North is completely prepared for the April census. The director, an NCP member with no professional background in the field, rejects any suggestion that there are censu [...] | 2008-02-05 06:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1724 | UNAMID SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ADADA MILDLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA Fernandez briefed UNAMID Joint Special Representative Adada on the proposed U.S.-led Darfur-ceasefire monitoring mission on November 26 (reftel a). While Adada appeared mildly receptive to the idea initially, he urged that the U.S. work to get rebel movements to the negotia [...] | 2008-11-30 08:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1726 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT IN GREATER DETAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID climbed to 50.3 percent of its authorized total force strength last week and expects to reach its goal of 60 percent by end of the year, as reported in Ref A. Most troop-contributing countries (TCCs) anticipated to arrive in the coming months have not provided load lists [...] | 2008-12-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1730 | NCP CONTEMPLATES PRESUMED ICC INDICTMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Recent contacts with ruling National Congress Party (NCP) officials reveal that they have resigned themselves to the reality that an arrest warrant against President Bashir is likely, and they discount overreactions by the regime ("we're not going to commit suicide") but they expr [...] | 2008-12-02 05:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1734 | DEWAAL ON "SUDAN'S POLITICAL MARKET" AT A DDDC BRIEFING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 1 Darfur Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) briefing focused on the analysis of Sudan scholar Alex DeWaal. DeWaal gave a lengthy, slick presentation asserting that the Sudanese political system is a "market" characterized by a system of patronage, the "buy-out" [...] | 2008-12-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1735 | NEWSPAPER CENSORSHIP IN KHARTOUM - A CASE STUDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of the year, censorship of Khartoum-based newspapers has increased dramatically. Below is the account of Suleiman Al-Amin, a popular columnist with "Al-Sudani," a publication that has seen its share of harassment and censorship recently. Al-Amin described [...] | 2008-12-02 10:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1737 | DARFUR CEASEFIRE PLANS HAVE UNAMID FEELING THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 2, Acting UNAMID Political Chief and head of the DDDC Abdul Mohammed and Sudan Scholar Alex DeWaal told CDA Fernandez that UNAMID has been frantically trying to throw together a proposal for a ceasefire commission in the last week. Mohammed promised to deliver UNAMI [...] | 2008-12-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1743 | A/S FRAZER,S NOVEMBER 2 MEETING WITH GOSS VP MACHAR [...] (SBU) In his meeting with Assistant Secretary Frazer in Juba on November 2, GOSS Vice President Riek Machar reviewed the current impasse in the Juba Peace Process as the parties to the Final Peace Agreement between the LRA and Government of Uganda continue to wait to see if LRA Commander Joseph [...] | 2008-12-03 08:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SU UG |
08KHARTOUM1745 | SOUTH DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between rebel and government forces in South Darfur had been largely absent for several months until the November 19 SLA/MM and SLA/U attack on a central police convoy and subsequent government bombings, sources told poloffs during a trip to Nyala November 24-26. Meanwh [...] | 2008-12-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1746 | A/S FRAZER,S NOVEMBER 2 MEETING WITH SPLA CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) On November 2 in Juba, SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng Ajak and a small coterie from the Southern military,s senior-most ranks reviewed for AF A/S Frazer the SPLA,s perception of the peace and its own transformation process three years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement [...] | 2008-12-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MCAP KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1751 | "DIVIDING DARFUR'S ARABS FROM GOS WILL DRIVE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, Darfur Arab rebel leader Anwar Khater told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's Arabs have been marginalized, exploited by the Government of Sudan (GoS),and misrepresented by the international press. Khater emphatically stated that with support, Darfur's Arabs are ready [...] | 2008-12-04 09:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1754 | RESPECTED CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER FEARS NCP REVERSION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: NCP members accepted numerous recommendations from civil society leaders at the Sudan People's Initiative, including the formation of a consultative Presidential Council, but have shown no interest in actually carrying them out, the SPI drafting chairman, Khartoum University Prof [...] | 2008-12-04 14:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1755 | MACHAR PERSISTS IN EFFORTS TO FIND PEACE WITH THE LRA [...] (U) This is an action request for AF/SPG, please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: Despite the latest failure of LRA leader Joseph Kony to sign the Juba Peace Accord, Chief LRA Peace Negotiator and Government of Southern Sudan Vice President Riak Machar persists in his belief that it is [...] | 2008-12-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1758 | SOUTHERN KORDOFAN: MISSERIYA MIGRATION PROCEEDS [...] (SBU) The seasonal migration of the Misseriya Arabs and their cattle through Abyei to South Sudan has begun and is proceeding smoothly, Deputy Nazir of the Misseriya Sadig Babo Nimr told CDA Fernandez December 2. Nimr also reported that the Interim Administration is doing well and that the Mi [...] | 2008-12-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1764 | DECEMBER 7 DARFUR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last push before the long Eid Al-Adha holiday (December 8-12),Darfur rebels, signatories to the DPA, and regional players all shared their views regarding the peace process, the potential for a ceasefire or monitoring mechanism for violence in Darfur, and the lack of DPA [...] | 2008-12-07 10:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1765 | CITIBANK AND GOSS: OPTIMISM ON ALL SIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a three-day visit to South Sudan, officials from Citibank Kenya conducted a series of productive meetings with senior Government of South Sudan (GoSS) officials in an effort to develop a relationship between the Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) and Citibank. As Citibank officials [...] | 2008-12-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1767 | ADMINISTRATOR MAYOK DESCRIBES PROGRESS, PROBLEMS IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Abyei Administrator Arop Mayok described the situation there as "ok, generally." IDPs are returning only slowly, but his Administration is working to reduce Dinka-Misseriya tensions and planning is well underway for this year's m [...] | 2008-12-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1768 | JSR ADADA DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE, IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, UNAMID's Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada said that UNAMID continues to work on its plans for a ceasefire monitoring mechanism and asserted that UNAMID, not the UN/AU Chief Mediator, should take the lead with ceasefire plans. Adada also said that UNAMID needs [...] | 2008-12-11 05:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO UN AU-1 SU |
08KHARTOUM1771 | NEW JEM VIDEOS INTENDED TO DOCUMENT ITS STRENGTH AFTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) recently released three videos documenting a parade of several hundred armed men riding in more than 80 military vehicles. Although the date of the footage cannot be authoritatively determined, the speeches and audio on the tape reference [...] | 2008-12-11 15:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PROP MCAP ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1775 | SLM/MM REQUESTS VISIT TO U.S., MEDICAL TREATMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, SLM/Minnawi (SLM/MM) leaders in Khartoum visited CDA Fernandez requesting U.S. support for a visit to Washington, medical treatment for Minni Minnawi, and discrete funding for a leadership or party conferen [...] | 2008-12-13 09:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ASEC KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1779 | 38th AEC Plenary: Elections, Border Demarcation, and [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its 37th plenary session on December 2, the NCP and SPLM briefed the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on progress in drafting and adopting key legislation, including new security and media laws, necessary to carry out national elections in 2009. The Power Sharing Work [...] | 2008-12-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM178 | TFCD01: FRANCE LIMITS ENGAGEMENT WITH KHARTOUM [...] (C) France has not engaged with the Sudanese Government at any level since the Chadian opposition attempted to overthrow President Deby's regime in recent days, French First Secretary Arnaud Suquet told Poloff on February 4. French SIPDIS Ambassador Christine Robichon has received no instru [...] | 2008-02-05 11:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SU CD LY FR |
08KHARTOUM1786 | ONE DEAD IN ABYEI AFTER JIU AND JIPU CLASH, SITUATION NOW [...] (U) Over the course of two days, clashes between security forces in Abyei town are reported to have left one soldier dead, and nine individuals wounded. The first incident at 12:30PM on December 12 reportedly began with a dispute between a Southern Joint Integrated Police Unit (JIPU) policema [...] | 2008-12-14 13:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM179 | TFCD01: SUDANESE DYNAMICS AS CHAD SITUATION UNFOLDS [...] (C) Reiterating its support for the government of Chadian President Idris Deby, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) led by Khalil Ibrahim has vowed to "repel any attack" by Khartoum-backed Chadian rebel movements, JEM representatives told Field Poloff on February 4. While refusing to discl [...] | 2008-02-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD LY |
08KHARTOUM1790 | SENATE STAFFDEL'S MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIFF [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Abyei is under control following intervention by a GNU (NCP/SPLM) delegation to the town on December 13, MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told a visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffdel December 14. However, the regime remains concerned about a possible JEM incu [...] | 2008-12-15 13:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1792 | GOSS VIEWS ON ABYEI VIOLENCE, CONCERNS OF SPILLOVER ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 13 meeting with the Juba diplomatic corps, select Abyei Commissioners and GOSS Ministers placed responsibility for the December 12 gun battle in Abyei town (ref. A) on the Government of National Unity's (GNU) rejection of international assistance for the Abyei [...] | 2008-12-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1793 | JEM SPOKESMAN SAYS RUMORS OF ATTACK ARE GOS "SMOKESCREEN" [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11-12, UNAMID sources told poloff they had received unconfirmed reports from the GOS that a large column of JEM vehicles had been observed crossing Chad border into Sudan. However, they were unclear whether this alleged mobilization signified preparation for new attac [...] | 2008-12-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM180 | NCP CLAIMS SPLM OBSTRUCTION OF ELECTIONS LAW [...] (SBU) The SPLM is employing a strategy to delay passage of the elections law, claimed NCP political executive committee negotiator Dirdeiry Ahmed Mohammed. During a meeting with polchief February 4, Dirdeiry claimed the SPLM agreed months ago to a 60/40 direct vs. proportional voting system in [...] | 2008-02-05 16:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1810 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In discussions on December 14-15, UNAMID officials told poloff that the mission is still on target to meet its goal of 60 percent deployment by the end of December 2008. They also remain hopeful that 80 percent deployment is possible by March 2009, though it appears that this tar [...] | 2008-12-17 15:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1817 | CONTINUED REPORTS OF REGIME LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM leaderhip continues to report that the NCP is considering replacing President Bashir with a suitable military figure with Islamist credentials, and that Bashir would be content to leave power and live in exile in Saudi Arabia. The SPLM believes that the leading candidate [...] | 2008-12-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1818 | WILL UNAMID REACH SIXTY-PERCENT BY DECEMBER 31? [...] (SBU) An Reuters article picked up by international media on December 17 reported that UNAMID will fail to meet its target deployment goal of sixty-percent by the end of 2008. UNAMID refuted this and told Embassy Khartoum on December 18 that UNAMID fully anticipates meeting or surpassing the 6 [...] | 2008-12-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1819 | MINAWI CONTEMPLATES VISIT TO WASHINGTON: ASKS FOR [...] (C) During a meeting with a visiting Senate Staffdel December 16, SLM leader, DPA signatory and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minawi said he is considering a visit to Washington "soon after the New Year." Minawi asked for guidance on what dates would be best and asked which officials he [...] | 2008-12-18 16:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1820 | WILL UNAMID REACH SIXTY-PERCENT BY DECEMBER 31? [...] (SBU) An Reuters article picked up by international media on December 17 reported that UNAMID will fail to meet its target deployment goal of sixty-percent by the end of 2008. UNAMID refuted this and told Embassy Khartoum on December 18 that UNAMID fully anticipates meeting or surpassing the 6 [...] | 2008-12-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1825 | CHADIAN REBELS - LEADERSHIP, GOS INFLUENCE, AND [...] (C) The following is a response to SECSTATE 129300. CHADIAN OPPOSITION: SUSTAINABLE COALITION OR FLAWED? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) "IS THE FINAL LEADERSHIP BODY OF THE UNITED CHADIAN REBEL FRONT (THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENTS, PARLIAMENT, MINISTERS) [...] | 2008-12-21 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1829 | DARFUR REBEL UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur's rebels remain fundamentally divided according to what their leaders told poloff during a December 14-18 visit to Ndjamena, Chad. The rebel leaders claim that JEM, while rich in vehicles and equipment, lacks fighters and the popular support of the people of Darfur. A [...] | 2008-12-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CD SU |
08KHARTOUM1838 | MINNAWI REFUSES TO ACCOMPANY BASHIR TO EL FASHER [...] (C) Summary: In a December 22 meeting with poloffs, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minnawi stated that he has refused to accompany President Bashir to Darfur on December 23 because the Presidency has not acceded to his demands for a defined role in the visit and the chance to speak at [...] | 2008-12-23 18:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM184 | UNAMID SOFA: AGREED BUT NOT YET SIGNED [...] (SBU) The UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Government of Sudan have finalized language for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada's Special Assistant, Rana Taha, told Poloff on February 6. Adada and Foreign Minister Deng Alor were schedu [...] | 2008-02-06 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1840 | SENATE STAFFDEL VISIT TO JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with a Senate staff delegation from December 17-19, senior SPLM officials urged deeper USG strategic coordination with their own party, as well as proactive engagement with the NCP, to produce a favorable outcome should there be an arrest warrant issued by the ICC ag [...] | 2008-12-28 06:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU EAID |
08KHARTOUM1841 | MFA PLEDGES SUPPORT TO US CEASEFIRE MECHANISM, [...] (C) A/CDA Asquino provided additional information on December 23 to MFA U/S Mutrif Siddiq regarding the US proposal to support a ceasefire monitoring mechanism within UNAMID, as requested in reftel. Siddiq reported that his government had made a decision to accept the US proposal to support t [...] | 2008-12-28 11:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1842 | MINOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT EMBASSY KHARTOUM RELATED TO ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27-28, several waves of demonstrators gathered outside the Embassy Khartoum Chancery to exhibit solidarity with the cause of Palestinians following Israeli air strikes in Gaza. The demonstrations remained peaceful but were marked by anti-American slogans including "Do [...] | 2008-12-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1848 | MINNAWI'S POSITION ON THE DPA EVOLVES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 28 meeting with poloffs, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Arko Minnawi stated that he has chosen not to travel to Washington in January because he anticipates significant political and/or military developments in Sudan and Darfur in the coming weeks. He acknow [...] | 2008-12-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM192 | UN JOINT MEDIATION SUPPORT TEAM STILL GROPING TO FIND A WAY [...] (SBU) UN JMST member Hideo Ikebe opined that neither Darfur's rebel groups nor the GoS are willing to seriously engage in a peace process, and organizational and leadership deficiencies within the UN's structures in Sudan continue to hamper its effectiveness. Without a long-term, clearly-articu [...] | 2008-02-07 10:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM194 | CHADIAN EMBASSY IN KHARTOUM REPORTS FRESH TROOPS AND [...] (SBU) On February 7, Embassy Khartoum received a letter from the Chadian Embassy claiming that the Sudanese government had dispatched forty-eight armed vehicles carrying Chadian rebels and members of the Sudanese Armed Forces across the border into Chad. The convoy is said to have left at five [...] | 2008-02-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM199 | PARTICIPATION IN CENSUS MONITORING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM2 | AMIS TRANSFERS AUTHORITY TO UNAMID [...] (U) Under clear blue sunny skies with drums beating and bugles blowing, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada presided over the transfer of authority from AMIS to UNAMID at 1200 on December 31, 2007, at UNAMID Headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur. The Wali (Governor) of North Da [...] | 2008-01-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM202 | COMMUNIST PARTY SUSPENDS TALKS WITH NCP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) announced January 14 the suspension of its coalition-building talks with the National Congress Party (NCP) following the murder of a student at Al-Gazeera University. The SCP claims that radical Islamist students associated with the ruling NCP w [...] | 2008-02-10 13:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO KDEM SU |
08KHARTOUM204 | UNHCR HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF "PROTRACTED" REFUGEES IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant Secretary General for Protection Erika Feller told the diplomatic community on February 7 that the purpose of her visit to eastern Sudan was to highlight the problem of "protracted" refugees. The Geneva-based Feller [...] | 2008-02-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM217 | UNMIS CIVPOL POLICE COMMISSIONER VITTRUP ON POLICING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIS Police Commissioner Vittrup told poloff January 31 that the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Civilian Police Unit wants to address the current lack of southern Sudanese police capacity by improving the quality and quantity of police training. He said civilian police can play a v [...] | 2008-02-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM219 | WEST DARFUR: JEM VOWS TO PROTECT ITS AREAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader told FieldOff on February 10 that the Government of Sudan (GoS) had miscalculated in its February 8-9 attacks on the JEM-controlled West Darfur towns of Silea, Sirba and Abu Siruj. &JEM will come back to defend its areas,8 he vowed, [...] | 2008-02-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM225 | UNAMID STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT: SIGNED AND SEALED, BUT [...] (SBU) UNAMID and GoS officials finally signed a Status of Forces Agreement on February 9 in Khartoum. The SOFA is comprehensive in scope and contains all of the core provisions sought by the UN, including full freedom of movement, unimpeded use of communications, expedited procedures (visas, p [...] | 2008-02-14 06:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM226 | SPLM AND NCP STUCK ON DRAFT ELECTORAL BILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The NCP continues to suggest that the SPLM is not keen on holding national elections due to the SPLM's potential loss of power in the GoSS. The SPLM says it supports a 50 (direct)/50 (proportional) electoral system in order to allow leaders from smaller communities a chance to gov [...] | 2008-02-14 07:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM231 | CENSUS: HOME-STRETCH LOOKING BETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bashir issued a February 11 presidential decree reiterating that Sudan's inaugural nation-wide census will be conducted April 15-30. The following day's meeting of the Census Technical Working Group (TWG) left donors, the CBS, and the Southern Sudan Commission for the [...] | 2008-02-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM246 | UNAMID COMMANDER: BUILDING UP WHAT WE HAVE SHOULD [...] (C) Summary: UNAMID Force Commander believes that the international community's efforts would be better spent beefing up existing units, in terms of personnel, transport and logistics, already on the ground in Darfur rather than focusing on units still not accepted by the Sudanese Government t [...] | 2008-02-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM25 | ELECTORAL LAW MAY NOT BE ENACTED UNTIL APRIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The draft electoral law for 2009 national and state elections is still being debated in the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC). Although the current session of the National Assembly has been extended through 16 January, the Assembly will be tied up with other busi [...] | 2008-01-08 06:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM251 | UNAMID: "BALL IS IN OUR COURT" [...] (SBU) Summary: Fifty days after transition, UNAMID top officials briefed the diplomatic community on progress and challenges. UN/AU Special Representative Adada noted that a political solution is needed to resolve the Darfur situation and, while UNAMID is not a panacea, the changing political [...] | 2008-02-21 10:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM256 | ABYEI TENSIONS RISE WHILE COMPROMISE IS SOUGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a Misseriya SPLM MP the threat of ethnic conflict in Sudan's Abyei region has subsided, but a key GoSS Minister paints a much darker picture. On February 18, Mohammed Gour dismissed self-proclaimed "governor" al-Ansari as a tool of the NISS with no significant foll [...] | 2008-02-21 16:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM26 | SPLA AND SAF TROOP WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) Chief Operations Officer Colonel Ajay Sah at the UN Mission In Sudan (UNMIS) told poloff January 3 that as of January 2, no Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) units have redeployed and none of the 3,600 SAF troops show signs imminent movement either. He said that some of the 50,000 Sudan People [...] | 2008-01-08 06:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM266 | MFA CAUTIONED,"NEED TO ADVERT WEST DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: CDA urged the Sudanese Foreign Ministry to take immediate action to prevent a burgeoning humanitarian crisis in West Darfur which is developing as a result of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) Darfur rebels supported by Chad. [...] | 2008-02-24 08:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM27 | SPLM INSIDER SAMSON KWAJE ON CENSUS, CABINET RESHUFFLE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General and visiting polchief met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Agriculture Minister Samson Kwaje January 7. Kwaje is considered a close advisor of GoSS President and GNU First Vice President Salva Kiir (background and bio notes are included at the end of this [...] | 2008-01-08 06:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM274 | UNAMID UNWILLING TO STOP WEST DARFUR CONFLICT BUT WILLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNAMID military component continues to monitor, despite limited access and visibility, recent fighting in West Darfur and movements of SAF troop concentrations in the region. The military Chief of Staff expects an escalation in hostilities in West Darfur, with operations pos [...] | 2008-02-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM276 | PAGAN AMUN TO S/E WILLIAMSON: "IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. GNU Minister for Cabinet Affairs and SPLM leader Pagan Amun warned S/E Williamson that if Abyei is not solved, Sudan could return to war. He described the NCP's non-implementation of the Abyei Protocol as the most "serious and challenging" remaining obstacle to the North-South pea [...] | 2008-02-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM277 | S/E WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SUDAN'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 25 meeting with S/E Williamson, Foreign Minister Deng Alor said Sudan is ready for a dialogue and hopes the U.S. can assist it in reaching a number of mutual objectives; including implementing CPA, ending the Darfur conflict, and normalizing Sudan,s relations with [...] | 2008-02-26 15:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU |
08KHARTOUM278 | S/E WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, S/E Williamson told Presidential Advisor Nafie that any chance to move beyond U.S. and Sudan mutual distrust will come from committing to a matrix of specific and verifiable actions that both sides can take and for which each can hold the other accountable. He p [...] | 2008-02-26 17:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU |
08KHARTOUM279 | SE WILLIAMSON TO GHOSH: IMPROVED RELATIONS MEANS [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Williamson warned NISS Director Salah Ghosh that while the U.S. is willing to explore options towards improving relations if there is demonstrable change for the better in Darfur, such a possibility could be doomed before it starts if Sudan continues to allow violenc [...] | 2008-02-26 18:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL PTER UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM284 | MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Christopher Datta met with Minister of Information and Broadcasting Gabriel Chang on the morning of February 25 to discuss the developing media in South Sudan. Starting with almost nothing, Chang outlined an ambitious agenda for the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) to reach [...] | 2008-02-27 08:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM285 | MEDIA DEVELOMENTS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Christopher Datta met with Minister of Information and Broadcasting Gabriel Chang on the morning of February 25 to discuss the developing media in South Sudan. Starting with almost nothing, Chang outlined an ambitious agenda for the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) to reach [...] | 2008-02-27 16:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM286 | MEDIA DEVELOMENTS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Christopher Datta met with Minister of Information and Broadcasting Gabriel Chang on the morning of February 25 to discuss the developing media in South Sudan. Starting with almost nothing, Chang outlined an ambitious agenda for the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) to reach [...] | 2008-02-28 04:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM298 | Abyei Conflict Contained for Now, But Problem Unresolved [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM-appointed Abyei administrator Edward Lino says that conflict in Abyei has been "contained," in what he calls a defeat for NCP hardliners. The NCP and SPLM, however, appear to have been unable to conclude an agreement on joint administration. According to Foreign Minister [...] | 2008-03-02 05:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM299 | U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY VISITS DARFUR, PRESSES FOR [...] (C) U.S. Presidential Special Envoy Richard Williamson met with UNAMID political and military leadership in El Fasher to emphasize the importance that President Bush places on resolving the crisis in Darfur and the administration's willingness to commit significant additional financial and pol [...] | 2008-03-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM31 | BANK OF SUDAN ANNOUNCES CONVERSION TO EURO CITING U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) announced on January 7 that it converted its reserves to the euro and other currencies, and that it will no longer use the U.S. dollar for financial transactions. The CBOS named U.S. sanctions as one of the primary reasons for this change. Leadin [...] | 2008-01-09 08:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFQ EAID SOCI AU UNSC SU ECON KPKO |
08KHARTOUM318 | "DARFUR PARTNERS GROUP" DISCUSS SUDAN CONSORTIUM, [...] (C) At a recent meeting of the Darfur Partners Group in Khartoum, Western Ambassadors discussed the possibility of adding sessions on Darfur and the Sudan-Chad conflict to the agenda for the Sudan Consortium tentatively scheduled for April in Paris. The UN/AU mediation team provided an update [...] | 2008-03-04 05:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPKO UN AU SU CD FR |
08KHARTOUM319 | HOW TO RESTRUCTURE A CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WITHOUT AN [...] (SBU) This cable provides an update on the most recent activities of the UNAMID Ceasefire Commission (CFC),impediments to its functioning and an analysis of measures the CFC Secretariat can take now to enhance its effectiveness if and when a genuine ceasefire takes hold in Darfur. The USG sho [...] | 2008-03-04 11:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM320 | OCHA TO SE WILLIAMSON: "CIVILIANS PAID PRICE FOR [...] (C) On February 29, UN OCHA (Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) Sudan Office Director Mike McDonagh (protect) provided SE Williamson with a graphic but balanced account of the violence that occurred in West Darfur in February 2008. In a discussion informed by his recent two fir [...] | 2008-03-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM323 | SIGNATORY AND NON-SIGNATORY REPS SIT TOGETHER WITH UNAMID [...] (SBU) UNAMID convened a meeting of Ceasefire Commission stakeholders - including UN civilian political representation and both DPA signatories and non-signatories - to provide an overview of CFC efforts and solicit the input of factions regarding their concerns and grievances. The CFC explaine [...] | 2008-03-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM33 | SUDAN ARMY ATTACKS UNAMID CONVOY [...] (SBU) On January 8, UNAMID claimed that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) attacked a UNAMID 29-truck convoy on January 7 at approximately 2200 near Tine, West Darfur located 125 kilometers north of Geneina. UNAMID spokesmen Nourreddine Mezni told poloff on January 9 that Joint Special Representative [...] | 2008-01-09 12:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM333 | UNMAMID CIVIL AFFAIRS ATTEMPTING TO LAY GRASSROOTS [...] (SBU) UNAMID Head of Civil Affairs provided an overview of incipient efforts to strengthen civil society in North Darfur and its influence in an eventual peace process. UNAMID will hold a broad civil society workshop on land issues in mid-March, the first in a series that will focus on various [...] | 2008-03-06 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM338 | THE NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY - SUDAN'S BRUTAL [...] (C) Summary: After almost 20 years in power, the ruling National Congress Party has reach a level of cynical (and often brutal) pragmatism making it fully capable of making and keeping arrangements with the West on Darfur and on the CPA, as long as its core interest of remaining in power in Kh [...] | 2008-03-09 07:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM345 | A SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH SUDAN'S CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission will roll out its inaugural anti-corruption strategy with USG assistance in late March, 18 months after the Commission's establishment. Anecdotal evidence suggests that GOSS corruption will continue to seriously embarrass the SPLM as [...] | 2008-03-10 07:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM346 | AS UN REACHES JEBEL MOON, SPLINTER EMERGES WITHIN JEM [...] (SBU) After an earlier dispute between the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) over access to Jebel Moon, West Darfur, a UN team reached the area for a brief yet inconclusive visit to assess the humanitarian situation. UN sources report that the [...] | 2008-03-10 07:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM35 | SUDAN-CHAD TENSIONS FLARE [...] (SBU) Media and the UN reported that Chadian air force planes attacked Chadian rebel camps in Sudan near the villages of Goker and Wadi Radi 35 kilometers south of Geneina in West Darfur state on January 7. This follows Chadian President Deby's statement January 5 that Chad will pursue Chadi [...] | 2008-01-10 08:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM351 | FRANCE, EUFOR ISSUE CONFLICTING STATEMENTS ON FALLEN [...] (SBU) The European Union repatriated the body ofQoldier from the EU peacekeeping force in Chad, EUFOR, on March 7, as French President Sarkozy and EUFOR commander Patrick Nash issued conflicting statements on the events leading to the soldier's death. While Nash apologized to Sudan for his pea [...] | 2008-03-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC AU SU CD EU |
08KHARTOUM354 | SUDAN CONSORTIUM PLANNING [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) Deputy SRSG Amira Haq and World Bank Country Manager Asif Faiz asked CDA Fernandez March 9 for U.S. assistance with the agenda and venue of the Sudan Consortium, due to take place in Paris May 6-8. According to Haq these [...] | 2008-03-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM355 | NCP DELIBERATES ON U.S. NON-PAPER [...] C) Summary: In responding to an U.S. non-paper on changed Sudanese behavior which could lead to the possibility of improving U.S-Sudan relations, the NCP is likely to propose confidence-building measures regarding the Sudanese and U.S. Embassies. However the NCP's primary objective is to get o [...] | 2008-03-11 06:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM358 | UNAMID FORCE COMMANDER ENGAGES WITH SLA-UNITYUNAMID UNABLE [...] (SBU) As part of his ongoing efforts to engage with all Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory factions, AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai traveled March 9 to Al Hosh (N 15 degrees 02'21.9", E 024 degrees 47'56.1"),North Darfur to hold introducto [...] | 2008-03-11 07:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM368 | ABEL ALIER SUSPICIOUS OF NORTHERN POLITICIANS, BUT ALSO [...] (SBU) Too many agreements have been dishonored, and northern political parties are eager to open the CPA and block agreement on Abyei, according to former Vice President and current co-chairman of the National Constitutional Review Commission Abel Alier. CDA Fernandez met with the elder states [...] | 2008-03-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM383 | LAND TENSIONS THREATEN SOUTHERN STABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Conflict in Sudan has been fueled in many cases by competition over land and other natural resources. Currently, there are no consistent land policies and laws to govern how land is to be allocated and used in Southern Sudan. The control of land is linked to historical "injustic [...] | 2008-03-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM385 | NEW CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE BREWING IN WEST DARFUR [...] (C) A new attempt to overthrow Chadian President Idriss Deby's government is brewing in West Darfur, UN officials, humanitarian workers, and Chadian rebel commanders told Poloffs in El Geneina between March 11 and 13. Though predictions on the start date for the next attempt to topple Deby's [...] | 2008-03-16 10:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD FR |
08KHARTOUM390 | NCP LEADER TOES THE PARTY LINE [...] (SBU) On Sunday, March 16, CDA Fernandez met with Retired Maj. Gen. Al Fatih Abdoun (and former Governor of Khartoum) in his Khartoum home. Known as a flexible and moderate leader, Abdoun assisted in creating the military support that brought President Al- Bashir to power in his 1989 coup. Abdo [...] | 2008-03-16 15:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM400 | SPLA - DEFENSE WHITE PAPER [...] (SBU) At the beginning of last week, President Salva Kiir finally signed the Defense White Paper (DWP). At this point the DWP has been reviewed and approved by the SPLA military leadership, the GOSS Defense Council, the GOSS Council of Ministers (cabinet equivalent) and the President. The Pre [...] | 2008-03-17 12:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM408 | UNAMID ON POLITICAL AND SECURITY DYNAMICS IN WEST [...] (C) Instability is still prevalent in the corridor north of El Geneina, where fighting over the last month displaced thousands and has left the civilians who remain in the area vulnerable to looting and violence at the hands of Arab militias, the Sudanese military, and the Central Reserve Poli [...] | 2008-03-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM410 | THERE ARE NEITHER MODERATES NOR HARDLINERS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The NCP regime is unified and well organized despite its corruption, and the popular characterizations of regime "hardliners" versus "moderates" are overplayed, according to opposition observers who have known individuals in the NCP regime for decades. These opposition members als [...] | 2008-03-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM419 | GOSS POLICE CONCEDE PROBLEMS, RESOLVE TO IMPROVE POLICING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) held a Southern Sudan Police Service (SSPS) Leadership Council Conference in Juba on March 11 to 14 to discuss police, security and justice issues. UN agencies, State Police Commissioners from ten States of Southern Sudan, and Directors of [...] | 2008-03-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM420 | DONORS MEET WITH SRSG QAZI IN PREPARATION FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to donor's concerns about UN slowness on the Sudanese 2009 elections, SRSG Ashraf Qazi and the Electoral Donors met Tuesday, March 18, to share dates, assumptions and concerns. SRSG Qazi recognized that, as UNMIS works to build Sudan's electoral capacities, key legisl [...] | 2008-03-21 08:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM425 | BASHIR TELLS ADVISOR THAT THE DAKAR AGREEMENT IS [...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Minni Minawi told poloff March 22 that President Bashir had rejected Minawi's proposal to travel to Ndjamena in order to encourage negotiations between President Deby and Chadian rebel Timane Erdimi. Minawi had hoped that his own direct appeals to President Deby [...] | 2008-03-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM427 | USG ELECTIONS STRATEGY IN SUDAN [...] (C) Free and fair elections in Sudan are a top foreign policy objective for the USG, and it is therefore critical early on to define a policy framework and begin planning in earnest now for the 2009 Sudanese elections. Despite the constant demands for our attention from Darfur and the North-S [...] | 2008-03-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM429 | LRA PEACE TALKS TO RESUME IN JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: Peace talks between the LRA and Government of Uganda will resume in Juba on Monday, March 24. Lead negotiator Riek Machar expects a final implementation agreement to be initialed no later than March 25, and he hopes for a final signing ceremony in Juba on Friday, April 4. End [...] | 2008-03-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU UG SU |
08KHARTOUM434 | UNAMID IS ITS OWN WORST ENEMY ON DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For at least the second time in four months, UNAMID leadership in El Fasher has attempted to use logistical considerations as an excuse for delaying deployment of the peacekeeping force in Darfur. The latest attempt, articulated by the Chief of Planning, was in direct response t [...] | 2008-03-24 05:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM435 | FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor agreed to the immediate visa issuance of US Military Observers requested by UNAMID, and promised rapid progress on other visas and on security measures. He also will be raising the issue of NEC containers with President Al-Bashir in the next two days. Al [...] | 2008-03-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | SU KPKO ABLD AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL |
08KHARTOUM437 | UNAMID FORCE COMMANDER'S VISION OF DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A March 24 conversation with UNAMID Force Commander (FC) Martin Luther Agwai revealed the depth of the chasm between the vision on the ground in El Fasher and at UN Headquarters in New York of UNAMID's short-term deployment plan. Like other UNAMID officials (reftel),the FC cit [...] | 2008-03-25 07:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM438 | UNAMID - A VIEW FROM RURAL NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A March 24 visit by emboffs to UNAMID camps in Sector North revealed that UNAMID troops can make a difference on the ground as local populations trust UNAMID with their security concerns. Nonetheless, discussions with UNAMID contacts in Um Kadada and Shangil Tobai also reveale [...] | 2008-03-25 08:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM452 | JEM'S CHIEF NEGOTIATOR ON THE CENSUS, PEACE PROCESS, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) Chief Negotiator, Ahmed Tougod, told emboff by satellite phone on March 26 that JEM rejects the upcoming census, the AU-UN's approach to the peace process, and bilateral negotiations with the Government of Sudan (GoS). To [...] | 2008-03-27 08:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM453 | REARRANGING DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: JMST [...] (C) Poloffs met March 25 with the UN Joint Mediation Support Team's (JMST) newly-appointed Chief of Staff Yasir Sabra to discuss the stalled Darfur peace process and JMST plans to restructure its operations and pursue modest "confidence building measures" with the parties in advance of a more [...] | 2008-03-27 08:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM454 | UNAMID TRIES HARDER WHILE DARFURIS FUME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: March 25 visits to two UNAMID camps in Darfur revealed that UNAMID troops, while bringing much needed relative security to their immediate areas of control, currently lack the troops and equipment to be in some of the most operationally-important areas. The visits also reveale [...] | 2008-03-27 08:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM463 | NORTH DARFUR'S ARABS: PLAYING THE VICTIM, WANTING A SEAT AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 27, Darfur's northern Arab tribal leaders told emboff that they are victims that should be included in any negotiations on Darfur's future. In separate meetings the week of March 23, UN staff, local NGOS, and leaders from other ethnic groups emphasized that many of D [...] | 2008-03-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM464 | NORTH DARFUR'S ECONOMY - UNAMID GIVES A BOOST TO A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Secretary General of North Darfur's Chamber of Commerce, Rashid Mekki, told econoff on March 26 that the presence of UNAMID has given a small boost to the region's struggling economy, particularly the construction, real-estate (with land prices increasing twenty times in f [...] | 2008-03-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO ECON AU EFIN SU |
08KHARTOUM469 | JUST ANOTHER DAY FOR JEM IN JEBEL MOUN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations on March 28 and 29, representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) claimed it was business as usual for them in their struggle against the Government of Sudan (GoS) and in their "dedicated quest" toward negotiations. Political leadershi [...] | 2008-03-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM471 | CHINESE ENGINEERS WAIT FOR THEIR MATERIALS; LACK OF WATER [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt will accept deployment of its infantry battalion in the hopes that its second battalion might be accepted at a later date. UN contractors are refusing to transport Chinese prefabricated housing units to the Nyala super-camp because UN payment offered for transport is too l [...] | 2008-03-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM474 | NAFIE COMPLAINS OF PERCEPTION PROBLEM IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Darfur is better than what is being reported, Presidential Advisor and NCP leader Nafie Ali Nafie told CDA Fernandez during a meeting March 31. Nafie blamed international NGOs for distorting the image of what is happening in Darfur said that if the international c [...] | 2008-04-01 05:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM476 | SPLM EL FASHER REPS GIVE MIXED VIEWS ON DARFUR REBEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations on March 30 and 31, El Fasher representatives of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) gave mixed messages on prospects for unifying Darfur rebels in an as-yet undated second round of talks in Juba. One group, chaired by an Acting Secretary [...] | 2008-04-01 09:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM477 | DARFUR IDPs PROTEST CENSUS IN ABU SHOUK CAMP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Multiples sources confirmed to emboffs that internally displaced persons in Abu Shouk camp near El-Fasher, North Darfur organized a protest on March 31 in opposition to the upcoming Sudanese census. Although protests are common in Darfur's many IDP camps, this is the first prot [...] | 2008-04-01 09:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM48 | SOUTHERN SUDANESE CONCERNED ABOUT CHINESE BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On Friday, January 11, CG Datta paid a courtesy call on George Justin Achor, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Presidential Affairs. Their one-hour discussion covered a wide range of topics, including the upcoming CPA celebrations in Wau, the LRA, the state of the CPA, the need [...] | 2008-01-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM485 | JMST'S SAM IBOK ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1 AU Chief Mediator of UNAMID,S JMST San Ibok briefed senior UNAMID representatives on the Darfur peace process as part of the two-day "UNAMID Brainstorming on DPA." Ibok highlighted that of the five major rebel movements, only two (SLA-Unity and the URF) have indic [...] | 2008-04-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM486 | UNAMID LEADERSHIP DEBATES DARFUR SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In one of the most inconclusive sessions of the two-day internal UNAMID brainstorming session on the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and Related Issues, UNAMID leadership on March 31 made myriad excuses for UNAMID,s performance to date without highlighting any relative successes o [...] | 2008-04-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD PGOV |
08KHARTOUM5 | JEM REPRESENTATIVES ARRESTED IN EL FASHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 30 Government of Sudan (GoS) security forces surrounded a house full of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) members in El Fasher and arrested six JEM members, including the JEM Ceasefire Commission (CFC) representative GEN Mohammed Basher Mohammed. The United Nations [...] | 2008-01-02 10:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC CD |
08KHARTOUM502 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID Chief of Planning informed FieldOff on April 2 that "there will be no new infantry battalions coming in this year to UNAMID" beyond those that are currently planned. Instead, he stated UNAMID would be prepared to receive the Egyptian and Ethiopian battalions and the enabli [...] | 2008-04-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM503 | GOS FLEXES ITS MUSCLE IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within the last two weeks, there are indications that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is flexing its muscle in Darfur. Signs of this include: three firefights between Arab militias/janjaweed and SLM-Minnawi members in the center of El-Fasher; several Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) p [...] | 2008-04-03 16:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM506 | LITTLE PROGRESS ON DEMOBILIZATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (C) Summary: State Minister of International Cooperation (and SPLM member) Elias Wakoson told CDA Fernandez that Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) efforts have fallen short due to the availability of arms and the lack of dispute resolution alternatives. He said the lack of D [...] | 2008-04-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM517 | UNMIS DDR PROGRAM TO REQUEST FUNDING AT SUDAN CONSORTIUM IN [...] (SBU) At a meeting of the AEC Security working group April 2 UNMIS DDR Chief Adrian Verheul described plans for an April 9 high-level roundtable meeting in Khartoum of UN officials, donors and GOS officials to develop comprehensive DDR program. Verheul plans to follow this up with a request fo [...] | 2008-04-06 07:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM518 | BALANCING ACT - UNAMID PUBLIC AFFAIRS WALKS TIGHTROPE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, Shereen Zorba and Ali Hamati, of UNAMID's Public Information Office in El Fasher, told emboffs that they feel both external pressure from the Government of Sudan (GoS) and a degree of internal marginalization within UNAMID itself. Most notably, Zorba reported that st [...] | 2008-04-06 08:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU KPKO UNSC |
08KHARTOUM52 | FINANCE MINISTER REFUSES TO RELEASE NEC CONTAINERS [...] (C) Summary: GOS Finance Minister Zubair Ahmed Al-Hassan told visiting PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield that he will not authorize the release of the containers for the New Embassy Compound unless the Embassy pays the customs duties and demurrage fees, due to the deteriorating relationship between [...] | 2008-01-15 12:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM529 | FM ALOR WARNS "THIS WEEK COULD BE DECISIVE" ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor warned that April 2 discussions on Abyei between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) regressed and the next meeting on April 9 could be decisive. He also warned of SPLM plans to aggressively challenge Northern [...] | 2008-04-07 06:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM536 | AHMED HAROUN, DENG ALOR, AND PAGAN AMUN NEGOTIATE [...] (C) CDA Fernandez and polchief entered Cabinet Minister Pagan Amun's office April 6 and encountered not only Amun, but also Foreign Minister Deng Alor and State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and ICC indictee Ahmed Haroun huddled over a map of the oil-rich contested Abyei region. Alor and [...] | 2008-04-07 08:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM537 | FORMER DARFUR GOVERNOR ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Former defense minister and former governor of North Darfur Ibrahim Suleiman Hassan told poloff that now is the time to push for peace in Darfur. Hassan believes peace is achievable if the U.S. pushes Sudan to reach deals with the Darfur rebels and Chad. He also said the U.S. s [...] | 2008-04-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM538 | GOS BORDER INTELLIGENCE FORCE SPARKS GUNFIRE IN EL FASHER [...] (SBU) On April 6 at approximately 1330, United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in El Fasher, North Darfur, warned that "groups of combatants from the GoS Military Camp intend to cause problems in the market area, due to unsatisfactory welfare conditions." A group of Border I [...] | 2008-04-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM539 | POSSIBLE "POLIITICAL ASSASSINATION" IN EL-FASHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4 at approximately 20:00 gunmen allegedly affiliated with the janjaweed Border Intelligence Unit shot and killed Suliman Ishaq Korayna Daoud, a member of the Darfur Forum and leader of the SLA-Peace Wing (former rebel group which threw in its lot with the Khartoum regim [...] | 2008-04-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU KPKO UNSC |
08KHARTOUM541 | "EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF" - A NYALA SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Discussions with United Nations and local representatives in Nyala, South Darfur, reveal a complex picture of security in this Darfur state, where attacks against humanitarians, intertribal fighting and banditry constitute the main threats to stability. END SUMMARY. TARGETED [...] | 2008-04-08 06:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO KSEC SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM542 | SPLA DEFENSE WHITE PAPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-awaited SPLA Defense White Paper provides a concise overview of SPLA's mission and objectives, while highlighting capacity issues and a framework to tackle them. The challenge will be in its implementation - the document codifies the military's weaknesses that require s [...] | 2008-04-08 14:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM543 | UNMIS GRANTED 14-DAY AUTHORITY TO PATROL OUTSIDE OF ABYEI [...] (U) On April 7, UNMIS Force Commander LTG Jasbiri Singh Lidder announced that both Sudan's National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) have granted UNMIS Authority to patrol freely within the Abyei area for 14 days. Previously, UNMIS had been restricted to th [...] | 2008-04-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU |
08KHARTOUM549 | POSSIBLE SPLM-RIZEIGAT ALLIANCE IN SOUTH DARFUR? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings in Nyala with emboffs on November 7, multiple political leaders reported that the Arab (Baggara) Rizeigat tribe had created an alliance with the SPLM. However, on November 7, the Nazir of the Rizeigat denied any association with the SPLM, scoffing at the idea and [...] | 2008-04-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM555 | ABDUCTEE RETURNS [...] (SBU) Meeting with Poloff on April 8, UNICEF Child Protection Officer Viktor Nylund described the recent activities of the Committee on the Eradication of Abduction of Women and Children (CEAWC) as "limited" and "disorganized." Formed in 1999 within the Government of Sudan's (GoS) Ministry of J [...] | 2008-04-10 11:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM557 | UPDATE ON NORTH DARFUR SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) Following the shooting in El Fasher's market April 6 perpetrated by Arab janjaweed militia (reftel),armed militia members re-entered the market later that same day and engaged GoS forces there while attempting to loot the Bank of Khartoum. Shots were heard again between 0030-0100 April [...] | 2008-04-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU ASEC |
08KHARTOUM559 | SUDANESE LEADERS COMPLAIN ABOUT FOREIGN INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Speaking at a March 31 to April 1 workshop "Foreign Presence and its impact on National Sudanese Security" organized by the National Assembly Committee on security and Defense, National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Chief Salah Abdullah Muhammad, aka Salah Ghosh, called on the [...] | 2008-04-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM563 | FM DENG ALOR ON ROME, ABYEI, AND "COLD" RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Sudan is likely to make some concessions on UNAMID deployment at the bilateral talks in Rome, such as agreement on the Thai and Nepalese troop contributions, FM Deng Alor advised CDA Fernandez in a meeting April 10. However Alor cautioned that the ruling National Congress Party (N [...] | 2008-04-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM564 | MINAWI ON DIVIDED CHADIAN SUPPORT FOR REBELS, [...] (C) In a wide-ranging conversation on April 12, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi discussed the emergence of two competing streams of Chadian support for Darfur's rebel movements--one led by Dausa Deby and focused on recruiting SLM fighters to augment the URF--and another led by I [...] | 2008-04-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM566 | SURPRISE CENSUS DELAY BY SPLM EXPOSES INTERNAL FISSURES [...] (SBU) Just one day after GoSS President Salva Kiir Mayardit publicly supported the upcoming national census and urged all Southern Sudanese to participate in it, the GoSS Council of Ministers, led by Kiir, voted to unilaterally "postpone" the census in Southern Sudan. GoSS officials cited a la [...] | 2008-04-14 04:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM568 | WE NEED A CEASEFIRE COMMISSION, SAYS FRUSTRATED DPA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 9, three members of SLM-Free Will (SLM-FW) informed emboffs about recent Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) bombings in their areas of control in North Darfur, emphasizing that there is no mechanism for them to report these incidents, since the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) remains [...] | 2008-04-14 06:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM569 | NCP ACCUSES SOUTH OF VIOLENCE AGAINST NORTHERNERS [...] (U) On April 8, several newspapers in Northern Sudan published stories highlighting supposed escalating violence against Muslim Northerners living in the South. GNU Vice President Taha's public remarks about the same issue several days earlier were also widely featured in both the local Northe [...] | 2008-04-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM570 | UNAMID POLICE DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) UNAMID Acting Chief of Police Administration Ralf Gehling told poloff April 8 that the second 140-officer UNAMID Formed Police Unit (FPU),from Nepal, is poised to deploy in late April. The Nepalese FPU, the third non-African UNAMID unit after the Chinese engineers and the Bangladeshi F [...] | 2008-04-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM573 | JANE HOLL LUTE PREVIEWS MESSAGE TO UNSC ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations outgoing Under-Secretary-General in the Department of Field Support (DFS) Jane Holl Lute said that the only way for the UN to deploy the bulk of UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) forces in 2008 was with the parallel provision of enabling assets, a point [...] | 2008-04-14 08:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM574 | RARE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN GOS, SLA/ABDULWAHID AS FIGHTING [...] (SBU) In a departure from the unofficial ceasefire between the Sudanese Government and the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Abdulwahid, three separate confrontations have erupted between their forces in recent days. The first two rebel attacks occurred in East Jebel Marra on April 9 and 11 and [...] | 2008-04-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM584 | SPLM DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OPENS DARFUR OFFICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SPLM Deputy Secretary General Yassir Arman announced the establishment of a SPLM political office for North Darfur on April 12. Local government leaders, including the Wali of North Darfur, opposition parties' representatives, NCP members, and rebel groups such as JEM/Peace Wing [...] | 2008-04-15 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM598 | ROME BILATERAL MEETING TRUMPETED IN PRO-REGIME KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Khartoum pro-regime daily Akhbar al Youm headlined April 17 on page one the Sudan-US talks in Rome, prominently announcing "details of the talks on Sudanese-US relations on their first day." The article states that "today the two sides will conclude important talks for developing bilatera [...] | 2008-04-17 09:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM6 | INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR WANTS TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Powers met with newly sworn-in Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 2 who said that he wanted to improve Sudanese-U.S. relations. Deng offered GoS assurances to work together in the investigation of the killing of the U.S. diplomat and his Sudanese driver. Also with the aim [...] | 2008-01-02 16:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM604 | WHEN THE THIRST FOR POWER TRUMPS CPA COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) The GoSS' reluctance to carry out the census in the South (and its latest statement that it reserves the right to dispute the census results) indicates that it is fearful that the actual size of the population in the South and NCP manipulation of the census process will result in less tha [...] | 2008-04-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM605 | CDA MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT MIRGHANI [...] (U) On 17 April, CDA Fernandez met with former Sudanese President (1986-89) and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Ahmed Al-Mirghani, brother of DUP leader Mohamed Othman Al-Mirghani who remains in self-imposed exile in Cairo. Ahmed Al-Mirghani stated that the DUP (Mirghani faction) is kee [...] | 2008-04-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM607 | STUDENTS COMPLAIN OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON POLITICAL [...] This is an action cable, please see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate meetings with university leaders the week of April 13, SPLM-affiliated students and members of the Darfur Students Union complained of discriminatory support for students based on party affiliation and geography. [...] | 2008-04-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM610 | UNAMID OFFICER ARRESTED IN NYALA FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the April 13 arrest without warrant of a UNAMID staff officer for alleged sexual misconduct, and subsequent reports that the South Darfur Wali banned UNAMID soldiers from downtown Nyala, UNAMID tempered its reaction to this apparent SOFA violation to emphasize that [...] | 2008-04-20 14:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM611 | STUDENTS COMPLAIN OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON POLITICAL [...] This is an action cable, please see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate meetings with university leaders the week of April 13, SPLM-affiliated students and members of the Darfur Students Union complained of discriminatory support for students based on party affiliation and geography. [...] | 2008-04-20 15:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM614 | JMST BRIEFING FOCUSES ON SECURITY AND CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 19 briefing to Khartoum's Ambassadors, Salim Ahmed Salim and Jan Eliasson (the African Union and United Nations Special Envoys for Darfur) stated that their most recent visit to Sudan focused on security concerns. According to Salim and Eliasson, consultations wit [...] | 2008-04-21 08:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM615 | UNAMID'S JMST REACHES OUT TO THE U.S. LOOKING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY On April 20, UNAMID's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) Chief of Staff Yassir Sabra told poloffs that there is a "window of opportunity" for engaging the rebels and the Government of Sudan (GoS) on security issues with a meeting planned for late May possibly in Geneva. Sabra al [...] | 2008-04-21 13:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM616 | ROME TALKS - INITIAL NCP PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) "The Rome talks were useful and even though we didn't get much out of them, we're looking at the bigger picture," NCP negotiator Yahia Bebiker, who was present in Rome, told CDA Fernandez April 21. Bebiker said the NCP viewed the talks as a "good start" as long as the two sides begin to c [...] | 2008-04-21 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM62 | UNAMID CIVILIAN RECRUITMENT PROCEEDS SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Deputy Director of the UNAMID Recruitment Office Haris Pajtic told poloff January 9 that civilian recruitment for the 5,500 civilian UNAMID positions is underway but admitted that serious obstacles remain. He said that his 12-person office expects to have recruited 50 percent of the posi [...] | 2008-01-17 05:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM623 | GOSS GIVES JUBA SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the afternoon of April 21 the GOSS assembled the Diplomatic and NGO community for a briefing on what steps it is taking to combat the recent rash of armed robberies targeting foreigners and NGOs in Juba. Actions to be taken include putting more police out on the streets, star [...] | 2008-04-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CASC SU |
08KHARTOUM624 | ABYEI UPDATE: UNMIS OBSERVERS ACTIVITIES RESTRICTED BEFORE [...] (SBU) The 14-day period during which UNMIS peacekeepers were permitted to patrol outside of the town of Abyei ended on April 21, without being renewed by Sudan's Joint Military Commission (JMC). The JMC did grant UNMIS specific authority to travel from Abyei town to Higlig in order to meet and [...] | 2008-04-23 12:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM626 | UN STAFFER'S PROPOSAL ON DARFUR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On April 22, Gerry McHugh, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson's chief strategist, told poloffs that the Darfur peace process needs strong U.S. leadership, not more large, multi-lateral meetings. McHugh offered a number of uncharacteristic UN ideas including: 1) Any deal will be brokered behind the [...] | 2008-04-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM627 | UNAMID LIQUIDATION TEAM ARRIVES IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID has assigned a team of liquidation specialists to identify AMIS assets for disposal either to the UN or to the AU. The team said it can transfer European-donated AMIS assets by June but was not able to specify a similar date for USG assets since they were inventoried and [...] | 2008-04-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM63 | PRESIDENCY TO NAME ADMINISTRATORS FOR ABYEI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Presidency may name an interim administration for Abyei soon despite the fact that borders have yet to be defined, according to NCP negotiator Dirdeiry Mohamed Ahmed. Dirdeiry boasted that the SPLM-NCP relationship has "never been better" following the SPLM's rejoining of th [...] | 2008-01-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM637 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ISMAIL ON ROME, CHAD/JEM, AND [...] (C) Summary: Sudan decided to keep its high-level delegation in Rome - despite the majority of the US delegation being "comprised of low-level officials", to demonstrate its seriousness - said Presidential Advisor Mustafa Othman Ismail. Ismail suggested that the second round of talks should o [...] | 2008-04-24 11:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM64 | CLASHES CONTINUE IN WEST DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy clashes in West Darfur continued January 13 - 15, with confirmed GOS aerial attacks on JEM rebel positions. There were also additional reports of Chadian aerial incursions into Sudan. End summary. 2. (SBU) During discussions with poloff January 15, UNAMID contacts confi [...] | 2008-01-17 06:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KSEC SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM642 | UNAMID PUBLIC INFORMATION STRATEGY IN DISARRAY, ACCORDING [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with representatives from Albany Associates, a communications firm that has been hired by DFID to support UNAMID. Albany, which has an interest in getting its contract extended, warned that UNAMID is in disarray and has no communications strategy. The Albany r [...] | 2008-04-25 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM643 | GOSS VP MACHAR ON THE LRA AND THE SPLM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Riek Machar met with Consul General Datta on the morning of April 23 and engaged in a wide ranging discussion that covered fading hopes for a peace agreement with the LRA and the future of the SPLM and the South. Machar [...] | 2008-04-25 11:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM644 | JANJAWEED FIGHTING CONTINUES INSIDE EL FASHER [...] (SBU) In yet another example of the clashes between Government of Sudan (GoS) military forces and unruly janjaweed elements that have been plaguing El Fasher for almost one month, on April 21 at approximately 2300 a truck of GoS Special Forces officers was stopped at a checkpoint in east El Fas [...] | 2008-04-25 11:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU ASEC |
08KHARTOUM650 | TCCS FORCE AGWAI TO CHANGE UNAMID PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander (FC) Agwai compromised on his number one deployment priority while in Addis Ababa, according to UNAMID's Chief of Planning. As he did with the Egyptians in Um Kadada (ref A),Agwai agreed to let the Ethiopi [...] | 2008-04-29 09:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CD ET SU |
08KHARTOUM653 | CLASHES CONTINUE ALONG NORTH-SOUTH BORDER, COURT CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Violent clashes continue to flare along Sudan's north-south boundary, centering on the Abyei region. On April 25, a skirmish between SPLA troops and a pro-NCP tribal force left a reported 20 casualties. On April 28, a murder in the town of Kharsana escalated into a battle tha [...] | 2008-04-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU |
08KHARTOUM663 | EGYPT PLANS TO NOMINATE REPLACEMENT FOR UNAMID CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) Egyptian Pol/Mil Officer Tamer Azzam told poloff on April 29 that Egypt plans to nominate an Egyptian BG to replace BG Patrick Davidson-Houston as UNAMID Chief of Staff. He said that Egypt hopes to have their nominee in place as early as May 18, pending approval by the UN. 2. (SBU) S [...] | 2008-05-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM668 | SUDAN RELEASES NEC CONTAINERS, APPROVES ARMING [...] (C) The GOS has begun releasing long-delayed NEC containers and also approved the US Embassy's request to arm its local guard force, as long as the guards "remain inside Embassy premises," MFA U/S Mutrif Siddiq told CDA Fernandez and polchief April 30 (first containers with in Embassy hands on [...] | 2008-05-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM669 | MANSOUR KHALID ON SPLM PREPARATIONS FOR PARTY [...] (C) Everything is on track for the SPLM convention to go forward May 10, GOS Presidential Advisor and prominent SPLM northerner Dr. Mansour Khalid told CDA and polchief April 29. Khalid expects full support for Salva Kiir as Chairman of the party as "no one would dare stand against him." Khal [...] | 2008-05-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM672 | INCONSISTENCIES FORCE AGWAI TO CHANGE HIS UNAMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai lamented in a May 2 conversation with FieldOff that "inconsistencies are forcing me to change my priorities" with regard to UNAMID deployment, as articulated reftel. The most damaging of these inc [...] | 2008-05-04 04:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM68 | AMIS "LIQUIDATION TEAMS" TO REDISTRIBUTE UNAMID ASSETS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph ten. 2. (SBU) Summary. The African Union (AU) plans to form Liquidation Teams to inventory and redistribute equipment, possibly including USG assets already transferred to UNAMID. Until the inventory, AMIS refuses to permit UNAMID pers [...] | 2008-01-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM680 | SOUTH DARFUR FIGHTING TAKES NEW TURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A traditional rivalry between two clans in South Darfur erupted in Sheiria, South Darfur, on April 30, with the introduction of mortars into fighting between the sides in an IDP camp. UNAMID leadership acknowledges this is the first time it has heard of use of this type of weapo [...] | 2008-05-05 07:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM683 | INCONSISTENCIES FORCE AGWAI TO CHANGE HIS UNAMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai lamented in a May 2 conversation with FieldOff that "inconsistencies are forcing me to change my priorities" with regard to UNAMID deployment, as articulated reftel. The most damaging of these inc [...] | 2008-05-05 08:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM69 | UNAMID OFFICIAL SAYS GOS NEITHER HELPING NOR HARMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a January 15 conversation with FieldOff, United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Chief of Integrated Support Services (CISS) did not paint a picture of outright Government of Sudan (GoS) obstructionism to UNAMID deployment. Instead, the CISS reported that the G [...] | 2008-01-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM691 | GOS BOMBINGS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The last week of April and first week of May witnessed a spate of Government of Sudan (GoS) bombings in remote parts of North Darfur against rebel positions. Civilians have been the primary victims, sounding alarm bells for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNA [...] | 2008-05-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM7 | INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR WANTS TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Powers met with newly sworn-in Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 2 who said that he wanted to improve Sudanese-U.S. relations. Deng offered GoS assurances to work together in the investigation of the killing of the U.S. diplomat and his Sudanese driver. Also with the aim [...] | 2008-01-02 16:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM70 | UNMIS DEPUTY RESIDENT SEES PROBLEMS AHEAD IN [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see para 5. 2. (C) Summary: UNMIS Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan David Gressly worries that poor governance and corruption risk derailing the potentially bright future of South Sudan while budget shortfalls could lead to pro [...] | 2008-01-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM702 | CHINESE SEE UNAMID "INEFFICIENCY AND INCAPACITY" [...] (C) CDA Fernandez welcomed Chinese Ambassador to Sudan Li Cheng Wen to Embassy chancery on May 7 to discuss Chinese perspectives on UNAMID deployment. A clearly frustrated Wen noted that the remaining Chinese engineers should have been in place in February, but UNAMID's clear "inefficiency and [...] | 2008-05-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM704 | IDPS FACE CHALLENGES ON ISSUE OF RETURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The issue of whether to remain in camps or return to their homelands is one that internally displaced persons (IDPs) continue to struggle with as the conflict in Darfur stretches into its fifth year. Fresh displacements highlight the dangers of returning too soon, however even h [...] | 2008-05-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM705 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REFUTES GOS IDP RETURN CLAIMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent local radio reports, based on a statement attributed to the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) office in El Fasher, stated that as many as 4000 internally displaced persons in North Darfur were voluntarily returning to their villages. Separately, the North Darfur HAC commis [...] | 2008-05-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM716 | JEM REBELS ATTACK OMDURMAN, ALMOST REACH KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) JEM rebels attacked the sprawling Khartoum suburb of Omdurman May 10 and advanced within sight of one of the bridges leading to Khartoum. Although Sudanese Government forces prevented the rebels from crossing the Nile into the capital, JEM claims that it will launch another attack on the [...] | 2008-05-11 15:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM718 | NCP "AFRAID OF ITSELF" IN JEM INCURSION INTRIGUE [...] (SBU) The day of the JEM attack on Omdurman May 10, on the margins of party discussions in preparation for the second SPLM General Conference, CDA Fernandez caught up with party leaders to discuss fears and intrigue in Khartoum caused by reports of the (then rumored) attack by the Justice and E [...] | 2008-05-12 08:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM719 | UNAMID POLICE LACK CRITICAL RESOUCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID civilian police (CIVPOL) leadership have identified deficiencies in their programs such as the need for a greater police presence in IDP camps, additional female officers from Police Contributing Countries (PCC),and additional senior police officers with more experience. [...] | 2008-05-12 08:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM72 | SPLM - "WE WILL NEVER COALESCE WITH THE NCP" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are still several issues being negotiated regarding the electoral law at the level of the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC): how women will be elected, the make-up of the mixed electoral system, and how to manage the registration and voting process for Sudane [...] | 2008-01-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM720 | ORPHANS OF THE CPA - SUDAN'S NUBA MOUNTAINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of Sudan's "Three Areas," the Nuba Mountains region of South Kordofan state hosts SPLA enclaves north of the 1956 dividing line between north and south Sudan. According to a high-ranking SPLM and GNU official who hails from the area, the region continues to host 16,000-17, [...] | 2008-05-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID SOCI KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM721 | SPLA COS ON INTRA-SPLM TENSIONS AND RELATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez and Acting CG met with SPLA Chief of Staff LTG Oyai Deng Ajak on May 9. They discussed recent Misseriya/SPLA tensions within Sudan's oil-field region along the 1956 border, SPLA difficulties integrating a sometimes fickle Misseriya force, and Unity's State Governor Taban De [...] | 2008-05-12 09:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM722 | RESPONDING MORE EFFECTIVELY ON SOFA VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Responding to reports of GOS aerial bombardments in North Darfur (ref A),the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) opened investigations into the attacks on Um Sidir, Shegag Karo and Ein Bissaro. Although these investigations are ongoing, initial reports confirm that the attacks did occur [...] | 2008-05-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO AU SU ASEC CD UNSC |
08KHARTOUM723 | UNAMID STRUGGLES TO BRIDGE GAPS WITHIN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As local civil society institutions begin to emerge in Darfur, tensions between traditional government-supported institutions and newer donor-funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are rising. Resentment and distrust have hampered the development of a cohesive civil societ [...] | 2008-05-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM725 | UPDATE ON SITUATION IN KHARTOUM AND DARFUR AND EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Following the bold JEM raid on Omdurman May 10, the situation in Khartoum appears to have normalized as of May 13. There were numerous military police check points in downtown Khartoum May 11 and 12 in neighborhoods with sensitive government buildings and major roads and arteries. The Go [...] | 2008-05-13 11:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU AMGT ASEC CASC |
08KHARTOUM727 | SUDANESE MFA BRIEFS KHARTOUM DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 13 at 11:00 A.M. (local time) Mutriff Sadiq, the Undersecretary at the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by a Sudanese Army General, briefed Khartoum's Ambassadors on the Justice and Equality Movement's attack on Omdurman, across the Nile from the Sudanese c [...] | 2008-05-13 14:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM729 | SPLM'S SHIFTING RESPONSE TO JEM ATTACK [...] (SBU) The SPLM's reaction to the May 10 JEM attack on Omdurman has shifted from private glee to deep concern. Any admiration for JEM's ability to achieve what eluded the SPLA during 21 years of war with Northern Sudan Party has been muted by fears of a National Congress Party (NCP) backlash ag [...] | 2008-05-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM732 | MAY 14 UPDATE ON SITUATION IN KHARTOUM AND DARFUR AND [...] (SBU) There are reports of continued, sporadic firing in Omdurman during the night of May 13-14 and the Nile bridge connecting Omdurman with Khartoum-proper was closed briefly, but Khartoum remains generally calm four days after the May 10 JEM raid. Armed police and SAF continue to patrol the [...] | 2008-05-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU CD AMGT ASEC CASC |
08KHARTOUM734 | SUDAN'S MESSAGE TO U.S., FOLLOWING [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Othman Ismail on May 14 at NCP HQ shortly after Ismail received his diplomatic marching orders from President Al-Bashir (Note: Sudan's Foreign Minister, Deng Alor, belongs to the SPLM and Ismail is Al-Bashir's and the ruling National Congr [...] | 2008-05-14 15:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM736 | MOVEMENTS EXPECT GOS RETALIATION IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Darfur representatives of Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM) expect Government of Sudan (GoS) to retaliate against Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) positions in Darfur for JEM having exposed the GoS' military weakness, particularly by allegedly killing officers at the [...] | 2008-05-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU CD UNSC |
08KHARTOUM737 | HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN SPLA AND SAF IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting has broken out and continues between SPLA and SAF forces in the town of Abyei, despite UNMIS efforts to broker a ceasefire. With both the NCP and SPLM distracted by other crises, the UN is concerned that the situation could deteriorate further if the fighting sp [...] | 2008-05-14 16:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM741 | SPLM PROPOSES FM ALOR VISIT PARIS TO DISCUSS JEM/CHAD, SPLA [...] (SBU) GNU Foreign Minister Deng Alor told poloffs in Juba May 14 that President Bashir may send him to Paris possibly as soon as next week to discuss Chad and its support for JEM with the French. Alor asked poloffs to "pass this information to your people in Khartoum and Washington." FM Alor [...] | 2008-05-15 10:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM745 | ABYEI UPDATE: FIGHTING SUBSIDES, BUT HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between SAF and SPLA (reftel) subsided on May 15 and late in the day the sides agreed to a mutual withdrawal. Casualty numbers from May 13-14 fighting are unknown, but the town reportedly sustained heavy damage and the UN estimates that as many as 30,000 people (virtu [...] | 2008-05-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM748 | UNDERCOUNTING, INTIMIDATION MAR DARFUR CENSUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the census officially completed, international organizations are taking stock of census results. While UNAMID, with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),is preparing a detailed analysis of the exercise and expected results, preliminary observations indica [...] | 2008-05-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM749 | TAWILA INCIDENT AS UNAMID TEST CASE IN PROTECTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Violence in Tawila, North Darfur on May 12, threatens to create a humanitarian crisis if left unchecked and unaddressed by the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). An interagency UNAMID team plans to travel to the region on May 15 to do an assessment and to m [...] | 2008-05-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM75 | SPLM HOLDS FOUR-DAY CPA CELEBRATION IN WAU [...] (SBU) The GoSS pulled out all the stops to hold its own celebrations of the third anniversary of the signing of the CPA, with a four-day celebration in the southern city of Wau from January 13 to 16 that included cultural events, speeches, sports competitions and parades. By holding the celebr [...] | 2008-01-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM762 | MAY 18 ABYEI UPDATE: SPORADIC FIGHTING AMIDST EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The situation in Abyei remained quiet as of mid-day May 18, after renewed fighting on May 16-17. SAF remains in the town, despite a UN-brokered mutual withdrawal agreement with the SPLA "police forces," which departed the town May 17. The Ceasefire Joint Monitoring Commission [...] | 2008-05-19 04:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM763 | DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent bombings targeting civilians in rebel-held areas of North Darfur have accompanied a deteriorating human rights situation throughout the region. Human rights advocates have also noted an increase in the incidence of rape, as well as domestic violence, often taking place in [...] | 2008-05-19 05:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM764 | MINAWI SAYS KHALIL IBRAHIM STRONGER AFTER OMDURMAN [...] (C) Summary: JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim is stronger as a result of the attack on Omdurman, despite the short-term loss of fighters and vehicles, according to SLM leader and Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi. Minawi believes an attack on Chad is imminent, despite comments from other [...] | 2008-05-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM769 | A "BILL OF RIGHTS" FOR DARFUR'S IDPS [...] (C) As the United States considers further discussions with Sudan on issues related to the conflict in Darfur, the challenge remains to comprehensively address all aspects of this bloody, complex and contradictory crisis. The Darfur crisis is unusual: some rebel commanders receive/received gen [...] | 2008-05-19 11:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID UN SU |
08KHARTOUM77 | HILAL APPOINTMENT AIMED AT KEEPING RESTLESS ARAB [...] (C) Summary: During their meeting January 20, CDA Fernandez told Presidential Advisor and NCP moderate Ghazi Salahudin that the GOS has a short window of opportunity to demonstrate that it is not the obstacle to peace in Darfur. Fernandez suggested a basket of initiatives that could break the [...] | 2008-01-21 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM770 | HIGHLIGHTING ABYEI IN US-SUDAN BILATERAL [...] This is an action message. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their tribal surrogates and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and their proxies over the disputed oil-rich area of Abyei claimed more lives and displaced more people this week t [...] | 2008-05-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU |
08KHARTOUM772 | SPLM TAKES THE HIGH ROAD IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM is using the current humanitarian and security crisis in Aryei town"tk highlighd NCQ intrajsigefce"of thQJAbiai kssue"ane pmucD gvrnbu3t$~dg^qsvQh4 eQu)ktfb&'bl$XalQ ibmtneIa.aAa%jQjnQwxo 'cYb@,aQhd]cm"~7Qkdf.oth+,sFQ_px(hV\Q^"G"ldtr ies to respond to the humanitarian cri [...] | 2008-05-19 15:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM774 | GOSS CALLS FOR USG INTERVENTION ON ABYEI [...] (SBU) Government of Southern Sudan Ministers Barnabas Benjamin (Regional Cooperation) and Luka Biong Deng (Presidential Affairs) requested US assistance on Abyei at a GOSS/UN/USG coordination meeting on Abyei relief efforts May 19. More specifically, they called for direct and immediate engage [...] | 2008-05-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM775 | MFA INFORMS OF SPLA "SURPRISE ATTACK" IN ABYEI, [...] (C) MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq called in CDA Fernandez on May 20 to inform him of military escalation in the contested region of Abyei by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) after a purported compromise had been achieved on May 18. Siddiq said that SPLA units armed with heavy wea [...] | 2008-05-20 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU |
08KHARTOUM778 | GOS WILL NEGOTIATE WITH CHAD, SEEK TO ISOLATE AND [...] (C) Sudan will not support Chadian rebels in another bid to unseat President Deby, but rather will seek multilateral sanctions against Khalil Ibrahim and JEM and will participate in the African Union mediation between Sudan and Chad, MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told CDA May 20. Siddiq said that to t [...] | 2008-05-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM779 | JEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After days of relative silence, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim contacted FieldOff to accept the Special Envoy's proposal for a meeting in Ndjamena May 29. Khalil made clear that "Darfur is not the goal," but that regime change in Khartoum remains not [...] | 2008-05-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU CD UNSC |
08KHARTOUM782 | HEAVY FIGHTING IN ABYEI MAY 20 EVENTIALLY DIES DOWN, CALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Heavy fighting took place in Abyei May 20 between SAF and SPLM forces. Each side accuses the other of an unprovoked attack. A tense calm returned later in the day, with both sides back in their original positions. SPLM officials complained that President Kiir is under intense pre [...] | 2008-05-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM786 | ABYEI REMAINS QUIET MAY 21, BUT TEMPERS REMAIN RAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Abyei is reported to be relatively quiet but tense on May 21. Based on confirmed information, any of the previously reported accounts from both the SAF and the SPLA on how the most recent fighting started remain plausible. In speeches on May 20 and May 21, GoSS President Kiir [...] | 2008-05-21 13:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM787 | SPLM ANGER FOLLOWING MAY 20 BATTLE IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM remains divided over Kiir's decision to limit SPLA forces from Abyei, and senior leadership, including Foreign Minister Deng Alor, are among a faction favoring a more aggressive response. Outrage over SAF conduct intensified following May 19 SAF interference with the r [...] | 2008-05-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM788 | HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOLLOWING REBEL ACTION IN KHARTOUM [...] (U) Summary: Following last week's armed engagements in Omdurman between JEM and the GOS forces, Sudanese authorities have begun a widespread campaign of random arrests, detainee torture and newspaper censorship. While many have been released, 150 individuals remain under arrest, and one newsp [...] | 2008-05-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM789 | WFP REPORTS THAT DARFUR CONVOYS ARE MOVING [...] (SBU) WFP food convoys to Darfur are now moving in greater numbers thanks to a new contract signed with the trucking companies, WFP Representative Kenro Oshidari told polchief May 21. The contract increases substantially the rate provided to the companies, and imposes a penalty for non-deliver [...] | 2008-05-21 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM793 | TDRA IN NEED OF REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) created the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the six commissions tasked with implementing the various components of the agreement. In general, the commissions are plagued by poor administration and weak leadership, and characteri [...] | 2008-05-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM796 | MAY 21 ABYEI TIDBITS [...] (SBU) With the exception of sporadic, possibly random, firing, Abyei is reported to have been quiet for the previous 24 hours as of early May 24. Contrary to previous reports (reftel),according to the SPLA the bridge over the Kiir River remains intact, although supposedly two aerial bombs fe [...] | 2008-05-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM80 | EL FASHER ARABS DEFENSIVE ABOUT MUSA HILAL APPOINTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with FieldOff, representatives of two Arab tribes in El Fasher were defensive about President Bashir's appointment of former janjaweed militia leader Sheikh Musa Hilal to the post of Advisor to the Minister of Federal Rule. The Arab reps dismissed the pos [...] | 2008-01-21 13:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM816 | NORTH DARFUR ATTACKS APPEAR TO TARGET SLA/MM [...] (SBU) A spate of attacks in North Darfur has resulted in the deaths of at least 13 Sudanese Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM) rebels in the last week. According to UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS),fighting erupted on May 20 in Kafoud between SLA/MM and SLA/Free Will (SLA/FW),[...] | 2008-05-28 10:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID MOPS KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM817 | TDRA IN NEED OF REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) created the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the six commissions tasked with implementing the various components of the agreement. In general, the commissions are plagued by poor administration and weak leadership, and characteri [...] | 2008-05-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM821 | DARFUR PLANNED COMPENSATION SCHEME FAULTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Compensation is the number one issue raised by virtually every segment of society in Darfur. To implement components of the Agreement dealing with reparations and compensation, the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) established the Darfur Compensation Commission (DCC). Although it w [...] | 2008-06-01 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM834 | DARFUR ELECTION COALITIONS EMERGE FROM SKEPTICISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following the widely criticized census exercise, Darfuris remain wary of the prospects for elections mandated for next year. In a series of meetings, North Darfur political leaders told FieldOff that Darfur political parties are generally ill-prepared to participate, and most r [...] | 2008-06-04 11:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM840 | UNAMID CHIEF OF STAFF LEAVES MISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After months of uncertainty about his possible PNG-ing, UNAMID Chief of Staff Patrick Davidson-Houston left the Mission on May 27, lamenting that he "left much undone." The majority of UNAMID officials acknowledge that Davidson-Houston's departure is a blow to the Mission, and no [...] | 2008-06-05 09:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU ER ET UNSC |
08KHARTOUM842 | S/E WILLIAMSON MEETS WITH NYALA WOMEN AND CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 31 meeting, Nyala women and civil society leaders told U.S. Presidential Special Envoy Richard Williamson that delays in implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) were disproportionately impacting women and children. They detailed training they had undertaken in [...] | 2008-06-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM849 | DEMARCHE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN ON FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) During his May 28 - June 4 visit to Sudan (septels),Presidential Special Envoy Richard Williamson and embassy officers repeatedly and forcefully raised the need for unfettered freedom of movement for both UNAMID and UNMIS in their discussions with high-level officials of the GoS (ref a) [...] | 2008-06-08 08:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM85 | AT LONG LAST CHINESE AND BANGLADESHI UNITS DEPLOY [...] (SBU) Despite a 24-hour delay from their projected January 20 deployment date, the Chinese engineering unit and the Bangladeshi-formed police unit (FPU) of the United Nations Heavy Support Package (HSP) of assistance to the African Union Mission in the Sudan finally left their base in Nyala to [...] | 2008-01-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM851 | SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH SENIOR SPLM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Richard Williamson met with the senior leadership of the SPLM in Khartoum on May 31 to discuss progress on the implementation of the CPA, the crisis in Abyei, and the need for better coordination between the SPLM and the United States in dealing with the National C [...] | 2008-06-08 09:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM857 | DARFUR ZAGHAWA PREDICT ANOTHER REBEL ATTACK ON KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While El Fasher Zaghawa report that they have not experienced increased harassment or threats against them since the May 10 attack on Omdurman, they claim that Khartoum-based Zaghawa still are targeted for arbitrary abuse. Despite the repercussions, local Zaghawa civilians supp [...] | 2008-06-09 11:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM MOPS KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM859 | NCP AND SPLM SIGN ABYEI ACCORD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the evening of June 8, with great fanfare before an assembled audience of media and diplomatic community representatives, President of the Government of National Unity (GoNU) Omar Bashir and First Vice President Salva Kiir announced the completion of a new road map agreement [...] | 2008-06-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM863 | UNMIS CONSIDERS MANDATE SHIFT IN WAKE OF LRA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a succession of highly visible, high casualty LRA attacks in Southern Sudan, UN officials are discussing a temporary shift of UNMIS's peacekeeping mandate from Chapter Six to Chapter Seven. UNMIS Sector One officials, sensitive to criticism leveled against their Sector [...] | 2008-06-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC SU UG |
08KHARTOUM871 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SPQL ENVOY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 1 meeting Special Envoys Williamson and Eliasson compared notes on current circumstances complicating the path to peace in Darfur. Eliasson highlighted regional aspects of the Darfur crisis, namely the need for the P5 to facilitate normalization of Chad-Sudan relation [...] | 2008-06-11 10:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM872 | WHEN ONE UNAMID DEPLOYMENT DOOR OPENS, ANOTHER CLOSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deployment "progress" made during the June 5 United Nations Security Council visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, appears to be illusory, according to United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur Force Commander GEN Agwai. While the Government of Sudan promised to allow Thai and [...] | 2008-06-11 10:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU ET SU |
08KHARTOUM876 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SLM-MINNAWI LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 31, Presidential Special Envoy Richard S. Williamson met with seven senior leaders of SLM-Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM). SLM-MM representatives voiced concern about DPA implementation, UNAMID's performance, GoS-USG bilateral discussions, and the indiscriminate targeting and deten [...] | 2008-06-12 11:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM878 | MIXED REVIEWS FROM EL FASHER ON U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Reviews are mixed in parts of Darfur about Special Envoy Williamson's June 3 suspension of bilateral talks with the Government of Sudan (GoS). However, most people tend to agree that the GoS will use this action as a pretext for further disingenuous behavior in its dealings with [...] | 2008-06-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU SU |
08KHARTOUM882 | SLM-UNITY AND SAF BOTH CLAIM VICTORY IN NORTH DARFUR FIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fighting between SLM-Unity and Sudanese Armed Forces broke out on June 8 in North Darfur State. SLM-Unity representatives claimed victory, alleging that they killed more than 150 SAF soldiers and destroyed dozens of SAF vehicles. SAF reported they suffered only fourteen casualt [...] | 2008-06-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM883 | SPECIAL ENVOY ATTEMPTS TO BRIDGE UNAMID DISCONNECT WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Special Envoy and UNAMID Force Commander aired shared frustrations in a May 31 meeting over the disconnect between UNAMID in Darfur and UN Headquarters in New York, a disconnect which led the Force Commander to declare that UNAMID had actually regressed in the five months si [...] | 2008-06-15 05:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC |
08KHARTOUM889 | NCP AND SPLM DISCUSS THEIR AGREEMENT ON ABYEI [...] (C) Two key NCP-SPLM leaders discussed on June 11 the June 8 Accord on Abyei, its implementation, and whether the parties would welcome the return of Special Envoy Williamson to assist with Abyei negotiations. The SPLM and the NCP agreed that the new accord is a positive step. The SPLM went so [...] | 2008-06-15 11:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM89 | SAF AND SPLA DECLARE EACH OTHER'S REDEPLOYMENTS INCOMPLETE [...] (SBU) Two weeks after the January 9 deadline for troop redeployment, and despite high-profile media announcements by both armies that they had redeployed their troops, now both the SAF and the SPLA have begun accusing each other of not fully withdrawing. One of the National Congress Party's mos [...] | 2008-01-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM894 | RULING PARTY STILL POSITIVE ON US-SUDAN RELATIONS [...] (C) MFA U/S and National Congress Party (NCP) insider Mutriff Siddiq told CDA Fernandez June 15 that Sudan remains positive about the prospects for improved US-Sudan relations despite SE Williamson's departure from Khartoum without reaching an agreement. Siddiq said the GOS plans to follow th [...] | 2008-06-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM896 | SURGE IN REBEL ACTIVITY IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Daily Government of Sudan helicopter gunship overflights of El Fasher, rebel movements from Tine to Tawilla, and a sharp increase in banditry - particularly against international non-governmental organizations, all highlight a recent increase in rebel activity in Darfur. Such ac [...] | 2008-06-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU CD SU |
08KHARTOUM898 | ABYEI ACCORD MAY BE AN NCP TRAP, SAYS FORMER SUDANESE FM [...] (SBU) Summary: Lam Akol told CDA Fernandez that the SPLM views the June 8 Abyei agreement as success, but the choice to refer the border demarcation to international arbitration could help the NCP delay a decision until after the 2011 referendum. A prolonged arbitration process serves the NCP w [...] | 2008-06-16 14:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM90 | SUDAN: NARROW WINDOW FOR ACHIEVING U.S. OBJECTIVES [...] (C) After seven years of intense diplomatic focus, U.S. efforts to secure a peaceful, stable, and transformed Sudan have accomplished much - ended the bloodiest and longest running civil war on the continent, saved several million Darfuri Sudanese who rely on US humanitarian assistance, pushed [...] | 2008-01-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO PTER UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM904 | ABYEI ROADMAP IMPLENTATION: JIU DEPLOYS, INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Elements of the new Joint Integrated Unit were deploying to Abyei on June 18, as both the SAF and SPLA are concentrating their regular forces outside the region to be part of the new unit. The SAF reportedly tried in the June 12 JDB meeting to walk back the timeline agreed to [...] | 2008-06-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM91 | HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS MINISTER REQUESTS TRANSITION FROM [...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez paid a courtesy call January 21 on the newly-appointed Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Haroun Ron. Minister Ron is a respected and loyal member of the SPLM who assumed this post when the SPLM allowed its ministers back into the government earlier this month. 2. (SBU) Wi [...] | 2008-01-23 04:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO PHUM AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM911 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT GETS A LIFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Just when it seemed like those in charge of UNAMID deployment were all out for summer break and all meaningful work would accordingly have to wait until fall, the contingent-owned equipment for the Chinese engineers in Nyala reached its destination at long last, allowing for arri [...] | 2008-06-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM913 | ABYEI UPDATE JUNE 19 [...] (U) SPLA and SAF contingents that will form the basis of the new JIU battalion in Abyei began to arrive in Abyei June 19, according to UNMIS. 310 SPLA troops arrived overland from Wau June 19, while the 200 SAF arrived overland from Muglad with an additional 100 due to arrive later the same da [...] | 2008-06-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM918 | 39 DARFURIS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH MAY 10 ATTACKS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese authorities formally charged 39 detainees in connection with the May 10 JEM attacks on the capital, although many more Darfuris remain in custody or are unaccounted-for. Khartoum-based Darfuri civil society groups have received significant moral support from political pa [...] | 2008-06-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM92 | COURTESY CALL ON CIRINO HITENG [...] (SBU) CG Datta paid a courtesy call January 22 on Cirino Hiteng, a prominent player in the SPLM and Undersecretary in the Ministry of Regional Cooperation. Topics covered ranged from Eritrean-Ethiopian border tensions to the CPA. 2. (SBU) Dr. Cirino led off by commenting that a senior delega [...] | 2008-01-23 05:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM922 | SPLA ACCUSED OF TOTURING SUSPECTS WHILE SPLA [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLA military police have been accused of torturing employees of a U.S. company operating in Juba, Sudan. Two of these individuals were reportedly subject to psychological abuse as well as beatings and sodomy. In an unrelated incident, a counter-intelligence officer was arreste [...] | 2008-06-22 10:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM924 | JEM-CHAD UPDATE FROM DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group has been active over the past week in Darfur, as well as in eastern Chad supporting the GOC. The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has attempted to confirm reports of cross-border military movements between [...] | 2008-06-22 13:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM925 | ABYEI ROADMAP IMPLENTATION: DSRSG HAQ OUTLINES UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 21, DSRSG for Humanitarian Affairs for told CDA that security is gradually being reestablished in Abyei as the JIU moves into position. The UN expects about half of the IDPs to begin to return immediately when they are told it is safe. UN priorities are to assist IDPs [...] | 2008-06-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM926 | SPLA CASH-STRAPPED, POUND FOOLISH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 07:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM928 | ABYEI: CPA PARTIES AGREE TO THE HAGUE PERMANENT COURT OF [...] (SBU) As announced widely in the press, the SPLM and the NCP agreed in Juba June 21 that the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague will serve as the arbitration mechanism to resolve the permanent borders of the Abyei region. GNU Second Vice President Taha traveled to Juba June 19 and 20 [...] | 2008-06-23 10:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM93 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: SUDAN ATTENDENCE [...] (SBU) (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed post that Foreign Minister Deng Alor will attend the AU Summit, most likely on January 28 and 29. Though he has not yet requested a meeting, post suggests that A/S Frazer meet with FM Deng Alor, who was just sworn in as Foreign Minister e [...] | 2008-01-23 07:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU XA |
08KHARTOUM933 | SUDAN WON'T STOP UNTIL DEBY STOPS, CLAIMS GOS [...] (C) SUMMARY. For the GoS to refrain from interfering in Chad, Chadian President Idris Deby must stop his support for Darfur rebel groups, particularly the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) led by Khalil Ibrahim, GoS NCP Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail told CDA Fernandez. On a rece [...] | 2008-06-24 06:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM936 | EMBASSY KHARTOUM RESPONSE ON ABYEI NEXT STEPS [...] (U) This message responds to reftel request for post views on next steps to support implementation of the Abyei Roadmap. Responses are keyed to the questions posed in para. 12 of reftel. Provision of U.S. Legal Advisor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Post strongly supports the pr [...] | 2008-06-24 12:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PREL EAID SOCI UNSC AU SU |
08KHARTOUM938 | ABYEI ROADMAP IMPLENTATION: DUTCH LEGAL ADVISOR BRIEFS AEC [...] (SBU) On June 23, Dutch arbitration advisor J.G. Lammers briefed international partners of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on the Terms of Reference (TOR) on arbitration of the Abyei boundaries dispute, agreed to by the NCP and the SPLM. Prof. Lammers said that the two sides ha [...] | 2008-06-25 07:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM94 | GNU STATE MINISTER DECLARES RE-ESTABLISHED SPLM-NCP [...] (SBU) On 22 January, CDA Fernandez called on newly appointed Minister of State for the Presidency, Joseph Lual. Minister Lual, an SPLM member from the Dinka tribe and former state administrator for Bahr el Ghazal, was brought into the government when the SPLM ended its boycott of the GNU earli [...] | 2008-01-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM940 | UNAMID DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DELAYED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNAMID Acting Human Rights Chief Joanna Oyediran told FieldOff June 24 that the first UNAMID human rights report, which was due to be published in July, had been delayed until September. The human rights office was "taking a bit more time to work out content" for the report, bu [...] | 2008-06-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM943 | GOSS MINISTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS DENG ON ABYEI AND [...] (SBU) Summary: GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs discussed Abyei and elections the afternoon of June 24. While recognizing the risks of arbitration as called for in the new Abyei roadmap signed on June 8, the SPLM sees it as the only way to bring pressure on the NCP to agree on a final Aby [...] | 2008-06-25 12:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM949 | WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MINNI MINAWI (THE VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As reported in reftel, the location of Senior Presidential Assistant, SLM leader, and DPA signatory Minni Minawi has been the source of much speculation throughout Sudan over the past week. Other Darfur rebel factions confirm he crossed the border to Chad, where he had meetings [...] | 2008-06-26 06:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM95 | UN, AU ENVOYS PROVIDE UPDATE ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Briefing the Khartoum diplomatic corps on January 18, UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson and AU Special Envoy for Darfur Salim Ahmed Salim said that increased tensions between Sudan and Chad posed the greatest risk to the political process at present. They remarked that without an [...] | 2008-01-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM954 | CABINET AFFAIRS MINISTER PAGAN AMUM SAYS HE WILL [...] (C) Summary: SPLM Secretary General and current GNU Minister of Cabinet Affairs Pagan Amum told CDA June 25 that he will leave his post as Cabinet Minister "within two weeks." Lam Akol is the candidate most likely to replace him, according to Amum, for lack of other good options in the SPLM. [...] | 2008-06-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM955 | UN RESIDENT COORDINATIOR ON ABYEI ROADMAP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator in Abyei reports gradual progress there, with an ethnic-Dinka police force being formed, unexploded ordinance collected, and remains of the dead being retrieved. He reported that no land mines have been found, contrary to earlier reports. He argued [...] | 2008-06-27 11:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM958 | NORTH DARFUR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOWS POTENTIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. The most recent session of the North Darfur Legislative Council officially ended on June 25 following an extension to finish all business before a four-month recess. Although handicapped by a narrow mandate, and dominated by the ruling National Congress Party (NCP),the appointed [...] | 2008-06-29 09:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM962 | UNMIS SENDS DETAILED ABYEI REPORT TO SYG AND DPKO [...] (C) According to senior staff at the embattled peacekeeping mission, UNMIS sent a comprehensive report with recommendations to SYG Ban and DPKO Guehenno June 26 regarding the mid-May fighting in Abyei and the UNMIS response to it. UNMIS reportedly "did not pull any punches" and expects that t [...] | 2008-06-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM965 | DARFUR: PAE WILL STOP WORK JULY 14, BUT A 45-60 DAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting PAE President John Moore, resident Project Director Bruce Smart, and Support Manager Claire Sanford told CDA Fernandez June 29 that PAE will stop work on all projects July 14 ("the date for no more shovels in the ground") but that UNAMID and PAE have discussed a 45- to 6 [...] | 2008-07-01 05:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM966 | DISSECTING UNSCR 1769 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As renewal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769 (2007) approaches on July 31, it is time to take stock of what this resolution has accomplished during the first year of its existence, and more critically what it has failed to do. Identifying its shortcomings, howeve [...] | 2008-07-01 05:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM967 | CPA IMPLENTATION IN SOUTHERN KORDOFAN STATE PLAGUED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM Deputy Governor of Southern Kordofan, the state's Under Secretary for Rural Development, and an UNMIS analyst all agreed that CPA implementation in that state is lagging, with resulting problems in security, but they provided conflicting reasons for the delay. END SUMM [...] | 2008-07-01 05:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID SOCI KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM971 | DEFENSE WHITE PAPER ENERGIZES SPLA BUDGET PROCESS, [...] (SBU) This is an action cable, please see paras 10-11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly,s (SSLA) long-expected, but very public, endorsement of the SPLA,s Defense White Paper (DWP) has had immediate impact on SPLA/SAF relations and the SPLA,s 2009 budge [...] | 2008-07-02 06:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM972 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER LESS THAN HELPFUL ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: In an exchange at times collegial, at times heated, CDA Fernandez met the State Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila on July 1 at the GOS Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pressing him for progress implementing the Abyei Roadmap and urgent GOS action to improve security along [...] | 2008-07-02 07:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM985 | EU SPECIAL ENVOY WARNED BY GOS REGIME ABOUT IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with EU Special Envoy to Sudan Torben Brylle on July 2 to discuss EU concerns about possible ICC indictments of senior Sudanese government officials. Brylle recounted his meeting the same day with security chief Salah Ghosh, who warned him that Sudan is not afrai [...] | 2008-07-04 12:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM986 | UNAMID ON PAE DEPARTURE [...] (SBU) New Deputy Director of the UNAMID Liaison office in Khartoum Aziz "Peter" Iskandar discussed UNAMID deployment issues with poloffs on July 1. Iskandar, a career UN administrator, arrived in Khartoum in early June to work in UNAMID's Khartoum-based liaison office. The small office on the [...] | 2008-07-04 13:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |