Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KHARTOUM764
2006-03-27 11:03:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Khartoum
Cable title:
DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: DRAFT POINTS FOR COMMUNIQUE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KHARTOUM 000764
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/FO, AF/SPG, NEA/FO, AND NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU AL
SUBJECT: DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: DRAFT POINTS FOR COMMUNIQUE
Classified By: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. ANDREW STEINFELD; REASON: 1.4(B)
AND (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L KHARTOUM 000764
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/FO, AF/SPG, NEA/FO, AND NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU AL
SUBJECT: DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: DRAFT POINTS FOR COMMUNIQUE
Classified By: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. ANDREW STEINFELD; REASON: 1.4(B)
AND (D)
1. (C) On March 27 UNSRSG Jan Pronk gave Charge Steinfeld a
copy of an Arab League communique as drafted by Foreign
Ministers to be considered later this week by Arab League
Heads of State.
2. (C) Key points of the communique regarding Darfur are as
follows (as translated by the UN):
-- Support development, unity, and peace in Sudan.
-- Stress the need for the AU to sustain its role in Darfur.
-- No foreign troops without Sudan's approval.
-- Request Arab States to provide financial support to the AU.
-- Urge Arab and African states to contribute troops to the
AU.
-- Urge all parties at the peace talks to conclude an
agreement during the current round.
-- Urge Arab League member states to provide humanitarian
support for Darfur.
-- Urge all parties in Eastern Sudan to reach agreement under
the patronage of Libya and the Arab League.
-- Welcome the steps taken to implement the CPA.
-- Request Sudan's Arab Ministerial Committee to send
contributions to the Sudan Fund to help Southern Sudan and
other war-ravaged areas.
-- Urge the Arab Fund and Arab League member states to hold
an emergency meeting to tackle Sudan's debt.
3. (C) Post has faxed a copy of the full Arabic text to
AF/SPG, for passing to NEA.
STEINFELD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/FO, AF/SPG, NEA/FO, AND NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU AL
SUBJECT: DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: DRAFT POINTS FOR COMMUNIQUE
Classified By: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. ANDREW STEINFELD; REASON: 1.4(B)
AND (D)
1. (C) On March 27 UNSRSG Jan Pronk gave Charge Steinfeld a
copy of an Arab League communique as drafted by Foreign
Ministers to be considered later this week by Arab League
Heads of State.
2. (C) Key points of the communique regarding Darfur are as
follows (as translated by the UN):
-- Support development, unity, and peace in Sudan.
-- Stress the need for the AU to sustain its role in Darfur.
-- No foreign troops without Sudan's approval.
-- Request Arab States to provide financial support to the AU.
-- Urge Arab and African states to contribute troops to the
AU.
-- Urge all parties at the peace talks to conclude an
agreement during the current round.
-- Urge Arab League member states to provide humanitarian
support for Darfur.
-- Urge all parties in Eastern Sudan to reach agreement under
the patronage of Libya and the Arab League.
-- Welcome the steps taken to implement the CPA.
-- Request Sudan's Arab Ministerial Committee to send
contributions to the Sudan Fund to help Southern Sudan and
other war-ravaged areas.
-- Urge the Arab Fund and Arab League member states to hold
an emergency meeting to tackle Sudan's debt.
3. (C) Post has faxed a copy of the full Arabic text to
AF/SPG, for passing to NEA.
STEINFELD