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DISAPPOINTING

REF: (A)HARARE 5730, (B)HARARE 5608, (C)HARARE 5514,

(D)STATE 185563

CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES EARL M. IRVING FOR
REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D).


1. (C) SUMMARY. IN A BIZARRE OUTBRIEF ON OCTOBER 12,
THE UN/UNDP TEAM SENT TO EXPLORE WAYS TO BRIDGE THE GAP
BETWEEN DONORS AND GOVERNMENT ON LAND REFORM MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO "IMPROVE" THE FAST TRACK
PROGRAM. THE TEAM STRESSED THAT THEIR MANDATE WAS
TECHNICAL -- NOT POLITICAL. DONOR QUESTIONS WERE
LIMITED BUT THERE WAS A PALPABLE SENSE OF DISBELIEF AND
DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE MISSION. GIVEN THE NARROW MANDATE
OF THE MISSION, THE MORE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE OF THE RULE
OF LAW WAS NOT ADDRESSED. WE THINK THAT THE PARALLEL UN
INITIATIVE TO EXAMINE THE RULE OF LAW SHOULD BE
ENCOURAGED WHILE PUTTING ON HOLD ANY FURTHER TECHNICAL
MISSIONS TO WORK ON A VIABLE LAND PROGRAM. POST
BELIEVES THAT THE LATTER CAN BE CONDUCTED ON THE GROUND
BY DONORS, WHILE THE UN CAN MOST PRODUCTIVELY HELP
ADDRESS THE RULE OF LAW ISSUE. END SUMMARY.
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2. (C) ON OCTOBER 12 UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE
VICTOR ANGELO INTRODUCED THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE UN/UNDP
TEAM WHO BRIEFED HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC AND SELECTED
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE MISSIONS ON RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
WOULD APPEAR IN THEIR FINAL REPORT TO THE UNDP
ADMINISTRATOR AND THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL. (COMMENT:
DONORS WERE SURPRISED AT THE UNDP RESREP'S INVITATION TO
THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE, AS
WELL AS HEADS OF MISSION OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE G-77. ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF
THE PARTICIPANTS WERE NEW FACES AND FEW OF THEM
POTENTIAL DONORS. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
REPRESENTATIVE WAS CONSPICUOUS BY HIS ABSENCE. END
COMMENT). ANGELO SAID THAT AFTER THREE WEEKS IN COUNTRY
CONSULTING WITH A WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS, THE
ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HAD GIVEN THE TEAM ALL THE
ASSISTANCE THAT IT NEEDED, AND HAD RECEIVED THE TEAM AT
THE HIGHEST LEVEL. ANGELO NOTED THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE
WAS KEPT REGULARLY UPDATED ON THE TEAM'S FINDINGS.
SPEAKING FOR THE TEAM, CHIEF OF PARTY JACQUES CHONCHOL
FOUND THAT THERE IS BROAD AGREEMENT WITHIN ZIMBABWE
AMONG ALL STAKEHOLDERS THAT:

-- LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE IS A POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC IMPERATIVE THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION;

-- IT IS PRIMARILY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT
OF ZIMBABWE TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A WORKABLE LAND
REFORM PROGRAM;

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-- THE DESIGN WILL REQUIRE CONSTANT CONSULTATION OF ALL
STAKEHOLDERS;

--THE PLAN MUST BE TRANSPARENT IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION,
ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE AND JUST; AND

--THE LAWS OF ZIMBABWE MUST BE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL PHASES OF THE PLAN.


3. (C) COMPLEMENTING THOSE OBSERVATIONS CHONCHOL NOTED
THAT DISAGREEMENT EXISTED ON THE:

-- SCALE AND PACE OF THE FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT
EXERCISE;

-- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS UNDERLYING THE FAST
TRACK APPROACH;

-- EXTENT AND WILLINGNESS OF THE PARTIES TO NEGOTIATE
KEY ISSUES; AND

-- AVAILABILITY OF FINANCE. CHONCHOL SAID THAT THE
GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE BELIEVED IT HAD BEEN PUSHED TO
ADOPT THE FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE BECAUSE IT
DID NOT RECEIVE SUFFICIENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM

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DONORS.


4. (C) THE UN/UNDP MISSION CHIEF OF PARTY CONTINUED
WITH THE CAVEAT THAT POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS FELL
OUTSIDE THE TEAM'S MANDATE. THE TEAM VISITED VARIOUS
SETTLEMENTS AND NOTICED THAT THE FAST TRACK EXERCISE HAD
RUN INTO DIFFICULTIES: THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO RESOURCES
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OR AGRICULTURAL INPUTS FOR THOSE
RESETTLED, THERE WAS INADEQUATE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
AS WELL AS A CUMBERSOME STATUTORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE
FRAMEWORK. IN LIGHT OF THESE FACTS, THE TEAM'S REPORT
WILL MAKE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL
EFFICIENCY OF THE PROGRAM:

-- ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRUST FUND ADMINISTERED BY UNDP
AND FINANCED BY DONORS TO PURCHASE AND UPGRADE ACQUIRED
LAND, UNDER THE FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE. IT
SHOULD ENCOMPASS AN ORDERLY PROCESS OF RESETTLEMENT AND
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STOP FURTHER OCCUPATIONS. A
COMMITTEE WOULD OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND WITH
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE, THE
DONORS AND UNDP.
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--FOUNDING OF A TRAINING INSTITUTE;

-- SIMPLIFICATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL
PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO LAND ACQUISITION AND
RESETTLEMENT, WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, NEEDS TO BE
DECENTRALIZED; AND

-- USING A PROPORTION OF THE TRUST FUND TO SUPPLEMENT
THE BUDGET FOR SALARIES AND SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT STAFF
WHO WOULD IMPLEMENT THE LAND REFORM PROGRAM.


5. (C) KICKING OFF THE QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION, THE
NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSIONER ASKED WHETHER THE TRAINING
INSTITUTE THE TEAM ADVOCATED WAS TO BE SOMETHING NEW,
BECAUSE THE COUNTRY WAS LITTERED WITH SUCH INSTITUTIONS
AND MANY OF WHOSE GRADUATES WERE QUALIFIED FARMERS WHO
WERE NOT BEING PLACED ON LAND. HE ALSO ASKED WHETHER
THE TRUST FUND RECOMMENDATION HARKED BACK TO THE RESULTS
OF THE 1998 DONORS CONFERENCE. CHONCHOL REPLIED THAT IT
WOULD BE A NEW INSTITUTION ON THE MODEL OF THOSE SET UP
IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAD PROVEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.
ZIMBABWE LACKED CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT A PROPER LAND
REFORM PROGRAM, IT NEEDED TO TRAIN TECHNICIANS, PEASANT
LEADERS, AND PROPERLY ORGANIZE CO-OPERATIVES, AMONG
OTHER THINGS. REGARDING THE TRUST FUND, CHONCHOL SAID
THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING NEW, ADMINISTERED BY THE
DONORS, GOVERNMENT AND THE UNDP.

--THE DANISH AMBASSADOR ASKED WHAT WAS THE TIME FRAME
THE TEAM ENVISIONED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAND
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REFORM PROGRAM. THE RESPONSE WAS THAT THE GOZ OBJECTIVE
OF 5 MILLION HECTARES COULD BE ACHIEVED IN THREE TO FOUR
YEARS BASED ON AN ANNUAL ROLLING PLANNING PROCESS.

-- THE AUSTRALIAN AID REPRESENTATIVE ASKED FOR THE
TEAM'S ESTIMATE OF THE TRUST FUND. CHONCHOL AVOIDED
ANSWERING THE QUESTION BY SAYING THAT IT DEPENDED
WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT MERELY PLANNED TO DUMP PEOPLE ON
THE LAND OR MAKE ADEQUATE PREPARATIONS. UNDP RESREP
ANGELO REJOINED THAT THE TEAM WOULD PROPOSE THREE
INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE RESETTLEMENT MODELS, BUT
CAUTIONED THAT AT A MINIMUM IT WOULD COST BETWEEN USD
3,000 TO 3,200 PER FAMILY. (COMMENT: THERE IS NOTHING
NEW IN THIS REVELATION. THESE ARE OLD NUMBERS. END
COMMENT).

--THE WORLD BANK REPRESENTATIVE ASKED WHETHER A SOUND
LAND REFORM PROGRAM COULD BE BASED ON COMPULSORY
ACQUISITION AND WHETHER THE FAST TRACK APPROACH WAS
TECHNICALLY SOUND. CHONCHOL CONCEDED THAT THE APPROACH
WAS NOT OPTIMAL.

--THE BELGIAN AMBASSADOR ASKED WHAT THE TEAM'S POSITION
REGARDING THE HANDLING OF THE CURRENT FARM INVADERS AND
QUESTIONED THE TEAM'S PRO-GOVERNMENT BIAS. THE TEAM

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REPLIED THAT WHILE NO NEW OCCUPATIONS WOULD BE TOLERATED
BY THE GOZ, IT WAS THE TEAM'S OPINION THAT IT WAS
POLITICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE INVADERS FROM THE
FARMS WITHOUT RESETTLING THEM.

--THE NEW CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ASKED ABOUT THE GOZ
COMMITMENT TO THE RULE OF LAW, TO WHICH THE TEAM
RESPONDED NO GOVERNMENT WILL SAY IT DOES NOT RESPECT ITS
OWN LAWS. WHEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSE FURTHER
QUESTIONS THE HIGH COMMISSIONER DEMURRED, BUT HIS BODY
LANGUAGE CONVEYED DISBELIEF.

--THE SWEDISH AMBASSADOR ASKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE 1998 AGREEMENT AND THE FAST TRACK APPROACH.
THE TEAM RESPONDED THAT THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE WAS THAT
THE FAST TRACK APPROACH IS ATTEMPTING TO ACQUIRE ALL
LAND "UP FRONT" VERSUS THE PHASED APPROACH AGREED UPON
IN 1998. THE OTHER MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THE BASIS
(IMPROVEMENTS ONLY) AND METHOD OF COMPENSATION (DELAYED
PAYMENTS INCLUDING ISSUANCE OF BONDS).

--THE PLO REPRESENTATIVE (AND DEAN OF THE DIPLOMATIC
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CORPS) CONTRIBUTION WAS TO SUGGEST THAT WHILE PALESTINE
IS NOT A DONOR BUT A RECIPIENT OF ASSISTANCE, HE THOUGHT
THE QUESTIONS POSED WERE PREMATURE AND THAT WE SHOULD
WAIT FOR THE TEAM'S REPORT.

--IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF
THE REPORT, THE GROUP WAS INFORMED THAT THE MISSION
WOULD FIRST DISCUSS IT WITH THE UN BEGINNING OCTOBER 15.


6. (C) IN A RUMP SESSION, WORLD BANK, DFID AND USAID
MET TO DISCUSS IMPLICATIONS OF THE MISSION. THE
CONSENSUS WAS THAT THE MEETING WAS BIZARRE AND THE
MISSION FAILED TO ADVANCE THE DIALOGUE ON THE RULE OF
LAW OR CLARIFY THE TECHNICAL ISSUES. RATHER, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TINKER ON THE EDGES OF A FUNDAMENTALLY
FLAWED APPROACH. THE WORLD BANK REPRESENTATIVE OBSERVED
THAT MOST DONORS PRESENT WERE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
THE TECHNICAL ISSUES THAN THE TEAM. OVERALL THE CONCERN
WAS THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT COULD USE RESULTS OF
THIS MISSION TO JUSTIFY UNLEASHING FURTHER LAWLESSNESS,
BECAUSE DONORS ALMOST CERTAINLY WILL FAIL TO SUPPORT THE
PROPOSED TRUST FUND. THERE IS ALSO WIDESPREAD BELIEF
HERE THAT THE GOZ WILL LOSE THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS'
UNION'S COURT CHALLENGE. THE SUPREME COURT LIKELY WILL
RULE THAT THE USE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWERS TO AMEND BOTH
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAND ACT WILL BE RULED
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE FEAR IS THAT THE GOZ WILL THEN
JUSTIFY FURTHER INVASIONS AND LAND SEIZURES GIVEN THE
DESPERATE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND THE NEED FOR ZANU-PF TO
DELIVER ON SOMETHING TO ITS RURAL CONSTITUENCY BEFORE
THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
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7. (C) COMMENT: AS WE SUSPECTED, THE MAJOR THRUST OF
THE TEAM'S RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO RATIONALIZE THE
GOVERNMENT'S FAST TRACK APPROACH TO LAND REFORM AND
RESETTLEMENT. THIS RESULT WAS NOT SURPRISING, GIVEN THE
NARROW AND TECHNICAL TERMS OF REFERENCE UNDER WHICH THE
TEAM OPERATED. THE ATTEMPT TO SEGREGATE THE TECHNICAL
FROM THE POLITICAL WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK BECAUSE LAND
REFORM IN ZIMBABWE IS NOW ESSENTIALLY A POLITICAL
PROCESS. DESPITE THE NEW RESREP'S BEST EFFORT AT
PUTTING A POSITIVE SPIN ON THE TEAM'S FINDINGS, THE NET
RESULT IS A POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT LOST OPPORTUNITY TO
BRIDGE THE CURRENT IMPASSE CHARACTERIZING THIS ISSUE.
THE REPORT POTENTIALLY COULD EVEN SERVE AS A SETBACK TO
THE PROCESS OF DIALOGUE, IF IT RESULTS IN RAISING FALSE
GOVERNMENT EXPECTATIONS REGARDING POTENTIAL DONOR
SUPPORT FOR THE FAST TRACK PROGRAM.


8. (C) COMMENT CONTINUED: POST AGREES WITH THE STRATEGY
TO SEPARATE THE THREE MAJOR ISSUES (RULE OF LAW, THE
ECONOMY AND THE LAND PROGRAM). HOWEVER, IN OUR VIEW,
THE UN PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, BECAUSE THE
TECHNICAL ISSUES ARE NOT THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM HERE.
DONORS HAVE ALREADY NEGOTIATED THE TECHNICAL ISSUES ON
LAND WITH GOVERNMENT WITH GOOD SUCCESS AT THE 1998

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DONORS' CONFERENCE. THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS THE RULE OF
LAW: CONDONING ITS SUSPENSION IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE
MUGABE GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL IMPERATIVE OF LAND
DELIVERY IS SIMPLY NOT ON. THE UN/UNDP TEAM MENTIONED
THAT IT IS CONSIDERING ANOTHER MISSION DEVOTED TO THE
ISSUE OF RULE OF LAW, BUT THE POINT OF THIS PARALLEL
ACTIVITY REMAINS NEBULOUS AT PRESENT. POST THINKS REAL
MOVEMENT ON LAND CANNOT OCCUR WITHOUT ATTENTION TO THE
OVERARCHING PROBLEM OF RULE OF LAW IN ZIMBABWE. WE
REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT BOTH URGE THE UNITED NATIONS
TO CONVEY THAT MESSAGE IN ITS FOLLOW-ON MISSION'S
DEALINGS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND SUGGEST
THAT FURTHER TECHNICAL MISSIONS NOT BE FIELDED UNTIL
THAT PROBLEM IS ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED. END COMMENT.

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