Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07LONDON1873
2007-05-16 15:41:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy London
Cable title:
(C) SUDAN: FCO ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 001873
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/SPG, AF/SE, AF/RSA, IO/UNP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2017
TAGS: PREL KPKO SU UK
SUBJECT: (C) SUDAN: FCO ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR
PEACEKEEPING
REF: STATE 65750
Classified By: PolMinCouns Maura Connelly; reason 1.4 (b, d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 001873
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/SPG, AF/SE, AF/RSA, IO/UNP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2017
TAGS: PREL KPKO SU UK
SUBJECT: (C) SUDAN: FCO ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR
PEACEKEEPING
REF: STATE 65750
Classified By: PolMinCouns Maura Connelly; reason 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) The UK agrees with the thrust of reftel and is
delivering supportive messages to the African Union (AU),
according to Bruce Bucknell, Deputy Head of the FCO Sudan
Unit. He told Poloffs May 16 that the British ambassador in
Addis Ababa had spoken with AU Commission Chair Konare on May
14; FCO minister for Africa Lord Triesman was due to speak
with Konare later on May 16. The UK has confidence in new
Force Commander Agwai, having worked with him in other UN
PKOs, and believed he would take orders from UNDPKO in
practice. That said, Bucknell's peacekeeping expert Kate
Cochrane advised taking care how the issue of command and
control is presented in public and to the AU: she thought
the AU would bristle at the notion that it need only be kept
"well informed" rather than having a say.
2. (C) Bucknell was concerned by reports that some in the
USG were considering imposing additional unilateral sanctions
on Sudan. He emphasized the importance of acting
multilaterally. By his reckoning, a UNSCR to extend the arms
embargo to all of Sudan was within reach: if South Africa
would come aboard, we would have enough votes to secure
passage and CHINA would not use its veto.
Visit London's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/london/index. cfm
TUTTLE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/SPG, AF/SE, AF/RSA, IO/UNP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2017
TAGS: PREL KPKO SU UK
SUBJECT: (C) SUDAN: FCO ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR
PEACEKEEPING
REF: STATE 65750
Classified By: PolMinCouns Maura Connelly; reason 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) The UK agrees with the thrust of reftel and is
delivering supportive messages to the African Union (AU),
according to Bruce Bucknell, Deputy Head of the FCO Sudan
Unit. He told Poloffs May 16 that the British ambassador in
Addis Ababa had spoken with AU Commission Chair Konare on May
14; FCO minister for Africa Lord Triesman was due to speak
with Konare later on May 16. The UK has confidence in new
Force Commander Agwai, having worked with him in other UN
PKOs, and believed he would take orders from UNDPKO in
practice. That said, Bucknell's peacekeeping expert Kate
Cochrane advised taking care how the issue of command and
control is presented in public and to the AU: she thought
the AU would bristle at the notion that it need only be kept
"well informed" rather than having a say.
2. (C) Bucknell was concerned by reports that some in the
USG were considering imposing additional unilateral sanctions
on Sudan. He emphasized the importance of acting
multilaterally. By his reckoning, a UNSCR to extend the arms
embargo to all of Sudan was within reach: if South Africa
would come aboard, we would have enough votes to secure
passage and CHINA would not use its veto.
Visit London's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/london/index. cfm
TUTTLE