REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000411

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

AMMAN FOR ISU AND REFCOORD CLAIRE KANESHIRO
CAIRO FOR REFCOORD GERRY CHEYNE
STATE FOR PRM/ANE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ
SUBJECT: REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE
COORDINATOR CAMILLE HILL

REF: A. STATE 21922


B. STATE 19344


1. Country Clearance is requested for the February 19-
March 4 travel of Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille
Hill to
Jordan and Syria. RefCoord is joining PRM/ANE Office
Director Richard Albright and PRM/ANE Iraq Program
Officer
Liana Brooks-Rubin for meetings in Amman and Syria
February 22 to March 3. Ms. Hill has already has filed
an electronic country clearance request for Jordan with
ISU-Amman including requests for assistance with
necessary hotel, regional air, and ground transportation
arrangements, and is coordinating hotel arrangements in
Syria with Amman Refugee Coordinator Claire Kaneshiro.
No additional Embassy assistance is required.


2. While in Jordan, Ms. Hill will meet with officials
from UNHCR, CENTCOM, EUCOM, and Embassy Ankara, and
PRM/ANE to discuss the future of Iraq's Makhmour Refugee
Camp. Ms. Hill and PRM/ANE will have separate meetings
with UNHCR and IOM to discuss future USG support for the
Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration. Ms. Hill
will also consult with Amman-based UNHCR and IOM
officials working on other PRM-funded projects for Iraqi
refugees and with ISU-Amman budget officials. If time
permits, Ms. Hill will monitor and evaluate ICMC's PRM-
funded project for Extremely Vulnerable Iraqis (EVIs) in
Jordan in coordination with Amman RefCoord.


3. While in Syrian, Ms. Hill will join the meetings
arranged for Mr. Albright and Ms. Brooks-Rubin. They
will consult with
government officials and representatives from UNHCR and
NGOs working on refugee issues and returnee policies and
programs.


4. Ms. Hill's proposed itinerary is as follows:

February 19 - depart Baghdad and arrive Amman on Royal
Jordanian flight TBD with ISU Amman
February 20-21 - consult with IOM, UNHCR, Amman RefCoord
and ISU Amman. Monitor and Evaluate ICMC EVI project
when possible.
February 22 - Meeting on Makhmour Camp
February 23 - Meeting on MODM Capacity Building
February 24-25 - Tour of UNHCR refugee camps and
facilities
February 26-28 - continue consultations
February 28 - 20:30 depart Amman for Damascus on Royal
Jordanian 435
February 28 - 21:25 arrive Damascus
March 1-2 - Syria visit
March 3-4 - Depart Damascus for Baghdad via Amman with
overnight in Amman if schedule requires; details TBD with
ISU Amman


5. Ms. Hill holds a TS clearance. Ms. Hill will be
traveling to between Baghdad and Jordan on tourist
passport no. Z7997731 since her diplomatic passport was
sent to Washington for a Syrian visa. PRM/ANE will
deliver her diplomatic passport to her in Amman and she
will continue to Syria on diplomatic passport no.
900347751


KHALILZAD