REBECCA GARANG CONCERNED ABOUT SANCTIONS AND

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DEPT FOR A/S FRAZER, NSC FOR COURVILLE AND SHORTLEY

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/06/2026
TAGS: PGOV PINR EAID SU
SUBJECT: REBECCA GARANG CONCERNED ABOUT SANCTIONS AND
THREATS AGAINST CPA


Classified By: CDA R. Powers, Reason: Section 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) Summary: Rebecca Garang De Mabior opposes USG
sanctions and urges that no new ones be imposed as a result
of Darfur. She believes they are hurting the South and Three
Areas more than the North. Garang is concerned that Khartoum
is not committed to Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)
implementation and is covertly dispatching security personnel
to the South. She has counseled Government of Southern Sudan
(GoSS) President Kiir to deal with disloyal Sudanese Peoples'
Liberation Movement (SPLM) members and believes he is heeding
her advice. Garang is pleased with USAID's commitment to
begin road and bridge projects. End Summary.

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Sanctions Concerns
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2. (C) During CG James' courtesy call on Transport and Roads
Minister Rebecca Garang De Mabior October 3, the Minister
described the adverse consequences of existing USG sanctions
on Sudan and their specific impact on her family and the
South. Garang said she has been hindered in visiting her
family in Nairobi because of the Central Bank's apparent lack
of U.S. dollars, which she said was a result of the
sanctions. She also described the GoSS loss of significant
amounts of money in transferring and converting funds from
Kenya. Garang cited a USD 19,000 transaction which resulted
in a USD 6,000 loss to her ministry. The GoSS has put in
place the investment laws, but U.S. businesses are not
coming, she complained.


3. (C) In arguing against any additional sanctions she said
an oil embargo tied to the situation in Darfur would be a
"double punishment for southern Sudan and the Three Areas."
The Darfur focus is "coming at the expense of the CPA," she
concluded.

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CPA Threatened by Return of Northern Security Elements
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4. (C) Turning to the CPA, she asked rhetorically what did
President Bashir mean by threatening the agreement. She
expressed fears that Bashir intended to bring troops back to
the south and that Khartoum's "security organs" are already
in Juba. She claimed that known security people who had left
the South have recently been showing up in and around Juba.
(Note: ConGen has heard similar allegations from several GoSS
officials and local ConGen employees. End Note). The "NCP
has not changed and the Jihadists" are still in control, she
said. Garang cited the NCP's close relationship with Iran
and Iraq as evidence of the Jihadists' ascendancy.


5. (C) The Minister also criticized the Assessment and
Evaluation Commission (AEC) for failing to act on Abeyi and
said the AEC has no leverage over Khartoum. Garang intends
to challenge Khartoum's failure to adhere to wealth sharing
under the CPA by having the Transport and Roads Ministry
exercise its authority to collect revenue for services it
provides in the South, but which are currently being paid
only to the North. These funds will be deposited in the Bank
of Southern Sudan with 50 percent to be used for the South
and the balance held for the North, Garang said. She
underscored that the SPLM does not want to be seen as a
"non-compliant partner," but would not be deprived of its
share of resources.


6. (C) In response to CG's inquiry on the level of current
SPLM support for Dr. John Garang's vision of a "New Sudan,"
Garang maintained that it still exists among the majority of
the Political Bureau and National Executive Council members.
(Note: Minister in the Office of the President, Dr. Luka
Biong Deng, told CG recently in private that there was no
consensus in the SPLM on a united Sudan. End Note).

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Garang-Kiir Relationship Better
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7. (C) Garang launched into a discussion of her relationship
with GoSS President Salva Kiir noting that it was much
better. After Kiir initially appeared to rebuff her advice
when he took over from her late husband, Kiir now accepted
her counsel on dealing with disloyal SPLM members. She
castigated GoSS Minister of Cabinet Affairs Justin Yaac Arop
and Government of National Unity (GNU) Advisor Bona Malwal
Madut Ring as enemies of her husband who were also
undermining Kiir. She believed Kiir now shared her views of

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Yaac and Malwal, although she did not say how Kiir planned to
deal with them.

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USAID Roads Projects Welcomed
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8. (SBU) Ministry of Transport and Roads Under Secretary
Daniel Wani praised USAID for the recent signing of the
infrastructure management contract in the South with Louis
Berger. The Under Secretary expressed concerns about the
capacity of the United Nations Office for Project Services
(UNOPS) to carry out major infra-structure projects in the
South. (Note: UNOPS has been awarded a one-year USD 31
million contract to improve infrastructure in southern Sudan.
End Note). Louis Berger officials told CG separately that
they do not expect to begin any construction work before 2007
and are pleased that UNOPS will begin quick impact, high
visibility construction projects for roads and bridges.
Minister Garang echoed Wani's pleasure at the Louis Berger
contract signing.
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