Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07JAKARTA3410
2007-12-17 07:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
DARFUR -- INDONESIA PREPARES PEACEKEEPING
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 003410
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS. EAP/MLS, DRL, IO, IO/UNP
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/AP - P.IPSEN
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/17/2017
TAGS: PREL MARR KPKO PGOV ID SU
SUBJECT: DARFUR -- INDONESIA PREPARES PEACEKEEPING
DEPLOYMENT
REF: A. JAKARTA 3267
B. JAKARTA 2798
C. JAKARTA 1785
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 003410
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS. EAP/MLS, DRL, IO, IO/UNP
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/AP - P.IPSEN
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/17/2017
TAGS: PREL MARR KPKO PGOV ID SU
SUBJECT: DARFUR -- INDONESIA PREPARES PEACEKEEPING
DEPLOYMENT
REF: A. JAKARTA 3267
B. JAKARTA 2798
C. JAKARTA 1785
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has confirmed
that it is ready to send a force of 170 police to Darfur to
contribute to UN Peacekeeping Operations in Sudan. The UN
has requested that the officers arrive in early January 2008,
but Indonesian funding issues will likely delay the unit's
arrival until later. In addition, the GOI continues to be
concerned about the situation on the ground. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) DEPLOYMENT ALMOST READY: Indonesian National Police
(INP) Deputy Chief R. Markbul Padmanagara told us on December
14 that the UN had requested that the planned 170-member INP
force arrive in Darfur in early January 2008. Padmanagara
said the INP was awaiting funding for the deployment of
support officers and equipment. The original FY-2007 funding
for the expected deployment had expired and FY-2008 funding
(the fiscal year begins January 1 in Indonesia) was not
expected until mid-January. Despite this hurdle, Padmanagara
said, Indonesia was ready and eager to support the UN
peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
3. (SBU) The INP team had originally been scheduled to
arrive in Darfur in early November. The ambush of African
Union troops shortly before the planned deployment had led
Indonesian President Yudhoyono and INP Chief Sutanto to delay
a decision on deployment while the security situation in the
Sudan was assessed more fully. In the meantime, the actual
number of officers assigned to the mission has increased
slightly from approximately 155 in the original plan to 170
in the current one. A Formed Police Unit (FPU) normally
consists of about 140 officers.
4. (SBU) BRIEFING THE TEAM: With a deployment imminent, the
INP has reiterated its willingness to receive a briefing on
Sudan from Ambassador Hume. The Ambassador, who was Charge
d'Affaires in Khartoum until May 2007, had offered the
briefing based on his experience there and in the region.
5. (C) LINGERING CONCERNS: As reviewed in Ref A, Indonesian
peacekeeping and stabilization troops are engaged around the
world--including in Lebanon--under the UN aegis. As
Indonesian peacekeeping and stabilization troops become
better trained, their value to UN missions will only
increase. An increasing proportion of the Indonesian
stabilization police are drawn from the Mobile Brigade (aka
Brimob). That said, regarding Darfur, the GOI remains
concerned about the situation on the ground. While the GOI
is not totally risk averse, further violence involving
peacekeepers in that region could serve to delay the GOI
deployment.
HUME
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS. EAP/MLS, DRL, IO, IO/UNP
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/AP - P.IPSEN
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/17/2017
TAGS: PREL MARR KPKO PGOV ID SU
SUBJECT: DARFUR -- INDONESIA PREPARES PEACEKEEPING
DEPLOYMENT
REF: A. JAKARTA 3267
B. JAKARTA 2798
C. JAKARTA 1785
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has confirmed
that it is ready to send a force of 170 police to Darfur to
contribute to UN Peacekeeping Operations in Sudan. The UN
has requested that the officers arrive in early January 2008,
but Indonesian funding issues will likely delay the unit's
arrival until later. In addition, the GOI continues to be
concerned about the situation on the ground. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) DEPLOYMENT ALMOST READY: Indonesian National Police
(INP) Deputy Chief R. Markbul Padmanagara told us on December
14 that the UN had requested that the planned 170-member INP
force arrive in Darfur in early January 2008. Padmanagara
said the INP was awaiting funding for the deployment of
support officers and equipment. The original FY-2007 funding
for the expected deployment had expired and FY-2008 funding
(the fiscal year begins January 1 in Indonesia) was not
expected until mid-January. Despite this hurdle, Padmanagara
said, Indonesia was ready and eager to support the UN
peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
3. (SBU) The INP team had originally been scheduled to
arrive in Darfur in early November. The ambush of African
Union troops shortly before the planned deployment had led
Indonesian President Yudhoyono and INP Chief Sutanto to delay
a decision on deployment while the security situation in the
Sudan was assessed more fully. In the meantime, the actual
number of officers assigned to the mission has increased
slightly from approximately 155 in the original plan to 170
in the current one. A Formed Police Unit (FPU) normally
consists of about 140 officers.
4. (SBU) BRIEFING THE TEAM: With a deployment imminent, the
INP has reiterated its willingness to receive a briefing on
Sudan from Ambassador Hume. The Ambassador, who was Charge
d'Affaires in Khartoum until May 2007, had offered the
briefing based on his experience there and in the region.
5. (C) LINGERING CONCERNS: As reviewed in Ref A, Indonesian
peacekeeping and stabilization troops are engaged around the
world--including in Lebanon--under the UN aegis. As
Indonesian peacekeeping and stabilization troops become
better trained, their value to UN missions will only
increase. An increasing proportion of the Indonesian
stabilization police are drawn from the Mobile Brigade (aka
Brimob). That said, regarding Darfur, the GOI remains
concerned about the situation on the ground. While the GOI
is not totally risk averse, further violence involving
peacekeepers in that region could serve to delay the GOI
deployment.
HUME