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06ISLAMABAD5931
2006-04-07 04:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Islamabad
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DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE GOP TROOP
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 005931
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/06/2016
TAGS: PREL PK KPKO UN MASS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE GOP TROOP
CONTRIBUTION TO UN DARFUR MISSION
REF: STATE 51776
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 005931
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/06/2016
TAGS: PREL PK KPKO UN MASS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE GOP TROOP
CONTRIBUTION TO UN DARFUR MISSION
REF: STATE 51776
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) On April 5, poloff presented reftel demarche points
to MFA (UN) Director Imran Siddiqui. Siddiqui said that
the Government of Pakistan (GOP) was aware of the text of
UNSCR 1663, but had not yet received a request from UN/DPKO
to contribute troops or logistical support for a Darfur
peacekeeping operation (PKO). Siddiqui said that he was
not aware of any diplomatic sensitivities that would lead
the GOP to decline to participate in a UN-led Darfur PKO,
but that he could not speak to whether Pakistan's military
services are in a position to add this PKO to the many
others in which they are already serving. Siddiqui said
that the MFA would circulate reftel points to the
appropriate GOP agencies to initiate an interagency
discussion to determine whether the GOP would contribute to
the Darfur UN mission.
2. (C) Post's Office of the Defense Attache (DAO) advises
that the GOP presently participates in 11 UN-led PKOs, with
more than 9630 troops, military observers and police
currently blue-hatted (approximately 7.6% of the 73,034
total UN mission personnel). As of February 28, Pakistani
forces were serving in UN PKOs in:
-- Western Sahara (MINURSO) - 7 observers
-- Haiti (MINUSTAH) - 250 police
-- D.R. of the Congo (MONUC) - 3563 troops, 43 observers
-- Burundi (ONUB) -- 1193 troops, 5 observers
-- Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) -- 374 troops, 11 observers
-- Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) -- 1 police, 1 observer
-- Timor-Leste (UNOTIL -- 4 police, 2 observers
-- Kovoso (UNMIK) -- 158 police, 1 observer
-- Liberia (UNMIL) -- 2731 troops, 5 police, 16 observers
-- Sudan (UNMIS) -- 1202 troops, 23 police, 21 observers
-- India/Pakistan (UNMOGIP) -- 10 observers
3. (C) Without knowing how many troops the UN DPKO is
contemplating for the Darfur mission, post can offer only a
rough estimate of the GOP's potential contribution. ODRP
suggests requesting a brigade level of commitment (roughly
2200 troops) as an ambitious starting point for a discussion
of a Pakistani contribution. A realistic expectation would
be for a battalion sized element (roughly 650 troops).
Pakistan should not be asked to support any helicopter lift
requirements, as all assets are required for current GWOT
efforts.
4. (C) Comment: Post wishes to add that, in addition to
its extensive PKO commitments, Pak mil currently has
approximately 35,000 Regular Army troops engaged in security
operations against anti-Coalition militants and extremist
elements in both North and South Waziristan along the
Pak-Afghan border. (Note: In addtion to the regular Army
forces, another 43,000 Frontier Corps troops are delployed
along the border. End note.) Applying a general ratio of
3:1 required to sustain operations over the long-haul, the
Pak mil commitment to FATA operations requires more than
100,000 troops. Any PKO contribution that would compromise
this commitment should be avoided, thereby raising the
prospect that contributions to a Darfur PKO would either come
at the expense of Pakistan's current UN PKO commitments or
require the GOP to draw from forces deployed on its eastern
border with India.
CROCKER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/06/2016
TAGS: PREL PK KPKO UN MASS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE GOP TROOP
CONTRIBUTION TO UN DARFUR MISSION
REF: STATE 51776
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) On April 5, poloff presented reftel demarche points
to MFA (UN) Director Imran Siddiqui. Siddiqui said that
the Government of Pakistan (GOP) was aware of the text of
UNSCR 1663, but had not yet received a request from UN/DPKO
to contribute troops or logistical support for a Darfur
peacekeeping operation (PKO). Siddiqui said that he was
not aware of any diplomatic sensitivities that would lead
the GOP to decline to participate in a UN-led Darfur PKO,
but that he could not speak to whether Pakistan's military
services are in a position to add this PKO to the many
others in which they are already serving. Siddiqui said
that the MFA would circulate reftel points to the
appropriate GOP agencies to initiate an interagency
discussion to determine whether the GOP would contribute to
the Darfur UN mission.
2. (C) Post's Office of the Defense Attache (DAO) advises
that the GOP presently participates in 11 UN-led PKOs, with
more than 9630 troops, military observers and police
currently blue-hatted (approximately 7.6% of the 73,034
total UN mission personnel). As of February 28, Pakistani
forces were serving in UN PKOs in:
-- Western Sahara (MINURSO) - 7 observers
-- Haiti (MINUSTAH) - 250 police
-- D.R. of the Congo (MONUC) - 3563 troops, 43 observers
-- Burundi (ONUB) -- 1193 troops, 5 observers
-- Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) -- 374 troops, 11 observers
-- Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) -- 1 police, 1 observer
-- Timor-Leste (UNOTIL -- 4 police, 2 observers
-- Kovoso (UNMIK) -- 158 police, 1 observer
-- Liberia (UNMIL) -- 2731 troops, 5 police, 16 observers
-- Sudan (UNMIS) -- 1202 troops, 23 police, 21 observers
-- India/Pakistan (UNMOGIP) -- 10 observers
3. (C) Without knowing how many troops the UN DPKO is
contemplating for the Darfur mission, post can offer only a
rough estimate of the GOP's potential contribution. ODRP
suggests requesting a brigade level of commitment (roughly
2200 troops) as an ambitious starting point for a discussion
of a Pakistani contribution. A realistic expectation would
be for a battalion sized element (roughly 650 troops).
Pakistan should not be asked to support any helicopter lift
requirements, as all assets are required for current GWOT
efforts.
4. (C) Comment: Post wishes to add that, in addition to
its extensive PKO commitments, Pak mil currently has
approximately 35,000 Regular Army troops engaged in security
operations against anti-Coalition militants and extremist
elements in both North and South Waziristan along the
Pak-Afghan border. (Note: In addtion to the regular Army
forces, another 43,000 Frontier Corps troops are delployed
along the border. End note.) Applying a general ratio of
3:1 required to sustain operations over the long-haul, the
Pak mil commitment to FATA operations requires more than
100,000 troops. Any PKO contribution that would compromise
this commitment should be avoided, thereby raising the
prospect that contributions to a Darfur PKO would either come
at the expense of Pakistan's current UN PKO commitments or
require the GOP to draw from forces deployed on its eastern
border with India.
CROCKER