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07LONDON438
2007-02-02 16:38:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy London
Cable title:  

(C) DARFUR: UK MULLING TOUGHER MEASURES

Tags:  PREL MARR UNSC SU UK 
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STATE FOR AF/SPG, AF/SE, AF/RSA, IO/UNP, EUR/UBI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/02/2017
TAGS: PREL MARR UNSC SU UK
SUBJECT: (C) DARFUR: UK MULLING TOUGHER MEASURES


Classified By: PolMinCouns Maura Connelly; reason 1.4 (b, d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 000438

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STATE FOR AF/SPG, AF/SE, AF/RSA, IO/UNP, EUR/UBI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/02/2017
TAGS: PREL MARR UNSC SU UK
SUBJECT: (C) DARFUR: UK MULLING TOUGHER MEASURES


Classified By: PolMinCouns Maura Connelly; reason 1.4 (b, d)


1. (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 4.


2. (C) FCO is drafting a strategy for Darfur that will
probably go to ministers next week. HMG continues to support
the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements but "patience is running
out" over their non-implementation, according to Paul Norris
of the FCO Sudan Unit. Possible next steps HMG is
considering advocating include:

- Extending the UNSC's targeted sanctions to additional
individuals, probably below Cabinet level at this stage
(e.g., the commander of the Sudanese air force);

- Extending the UN arms embargo to all of Sudan, with an
exemption for the SPLM in Southern Sudan; and

- A UNSCR imposing a total flight ban and withdrawal of all
Sudanese air force craft from Darfur, or perhaps just those
with offensive capability.


3. (C) Minister for Africa Lord Triesman believes the
international community should already be talking publicly
about a possible No-Fly Zone, Norris said. MOD is working on
an analysis that will probably take another two to three
weeks to finalize, looking at various options for a NFZ
(e.g.: just surveillance; surveillance and retaliation).
Norris commented that Chad would be the only land-based
option from which to enforce a NFZ, but that would worsen
Sudanese-Chadian relations and Libyan leader Qadhafi has
expressed his opposition to the idea. As Norris understood
current thinking, the only alternative to Chad would be an
aircraft carrier.


4. (C) Action Requested: We would be grateful for the
Department's reaction to the above that we can pass to FCO,
in particular any additional names for targeted sanctions
that the USG would be prepared to take forward to the UNSC in
the near term.

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