Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BAGHDAD3912
2006-10-18 18:31:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
REQUEST TO USE BASRAH UN BUILDINGS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 003912
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2016
TAGS: ASEC PTER AMGT IZ
SUBJECT: REQUEST TO USE BASRAH UN BUILDINGS
Classified By: CDA SPECKHARD for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 003912
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2016
TAGS: ASEC PTER AMGT IZ
SUBJECT: REQUEST TO USE BASRAH UN BUILDINGS
Classified By: CDA SPECKHARD for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Summary: In his October 18 meeting with United
Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for
Iraq, Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, the Charge requested
permission to allow Basrah's Regional Embassy Office staff to
use UN Buildings on humanitarian grounds. Ambassador Qazi
stated he would contact UNNY with this request and push for
an expedited response. End Summary.
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REQUEST FOR USE OF UN BUILDINGS
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2. (C) In his October 18 meeting with United Nations Special
Representative of the Secretary General for Iraq, Ambassador
Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, the Charge requested permission to
allow Basrah's Regional Embassy Office staff to use one of
three UN buildings on the Basrah Palace Compound (BPC). The
Charge called the request a humanitarian one, noting that it
was in "our mutual interest to get human life out of the way
of rocket fire." The building to be used, known as Building
C, is a hard structure and its use is considered an interim
measure as the Embassy assess the feasibility of continuing
to operate within the BPC given the continuing risk of
indirect fire from mortar and rocket attacks increases.
3. (C) The Charge, who thanked Ambassador Qazi for his
previous permission to allow REO staff to take immediate
cover in the BPC's UN buildings when IDF attacks occurred,
pressed the urgency nature of the request. He noted that our
evacuation would likely expose the UN Compound to
significantly increased risk and the possible loss of the
investment the UN had made in its compound.
4. (C) Ambassador Qazi stated that he would contact UNNY
with the request and relay the urgency involved. He noted
that the request would likely have to go through the UN's
Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) and that there might be a
request to formalize the use of UN property for liability
reasons. Qazi made it clear though that the request would be
made that same day and that he would push for an expedited
response considering the security situation.
SPECKHARD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2016
TAGS: ASEC PTER AMGT IZ
SUBJECT: REQUEST TO USE BASRAH UN BUILDINGS
Classified By: CDA SPECKHARD for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Summary: In his October 18 meeting with United
Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for
Iraq, Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, the Charge requested
permission to allow Basrah's Regional Embassy Office staff to
use UN Buildings on humanitarian grounds. Ambassador Qazi
stated he would contact UNNY with this request and push for
an expedited response. End Summary.
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REQUEST FOR USE OF UN BUILDINGS
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2. (C) In his October 18 meeting with United Nations Special
Representative of the Secretary General for Iraq, Ambassador
Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, the Charge requested permission to
allow Basrah's Regional Embassy Office staff to use one of
three UN buildings on the Basrah Palace Compound (BPC). The
Charge called the request a humanitarian one, noting that it
was in "our mutual interest to get human life out of the way
of rocket fire." The building to be used, known as Building
C, is a hard structure and its use is considered an interim
measure as the Embassy assess the feasibility of continuing
to operate within the BPC given the continuing risk of
indirect fire from mortar and rocket attacks increases.
3. (C) The Charge, who thanked Ambassador Qazi for his
previous permission to allow REO staff to take immediate
cover in the BPC's UN buildings when IDF attacks occurred,
pressed the urgency nature of the request. He noted that our
evacuation would likely expose the UN Compound to
significantly increased risk and the possible loss of the
investment the UN had made in its compound.
4. (C) Ambassador Qazi stated that he would contact UNNY
with the request and relay the urgency involved. He noted
that the request would likely have to go through the UN's
Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) and that there might be a
request to formalize the use of UN property for liability
reasons. Qazi made it clear though that the request would be
made that same day and that he would push for an expedited
response considering the security situation.
SPECKHARD