Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PRETORIA2041
2007-06-06 13:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Pretoria
Cable title:
SUDAN: ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS OVER LACK OF PROGRESS
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UNCLAS PRETORIA 002041
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD PREL AU UN SC SF
SUBJECT: SUDAN: ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS OVER LACK OF PROGRESS
REF: STATE 73696
UNCLAS PRETORIA 002041
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD PREL AU UN SC SF
SUBJECT: SUDAN: ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS OVER LACK OF PROGRESS
REF: STATE 73696
1. (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to SAG DFA Chief
Director, Africa Multilateral, Rubushe on 05 June,
emphasizing USG commitment to the UN/AU effort to achieve
stability and deployment of the Hybrid peacekeeping mission
in Darfur with a robust Charter VII mandate. In response to
Rubushe's question regarding the nature of additional USG
sanctions, PolCouns, aware of the SAG's view of the limited
utility of broad-gauged sanctions, noted that U.S. targeted
sanctions focused exclusively on three individuals and 31
GOS-owned or controlled enterprises and did not negatively
affect the civilian population of Darfur or the Sudan as a
whole. Rubushe raised the lack of progress on the timing of
deployment of the UN/AU Hybrid force, and expressed
exasperation at the tactics of the GOS and President
al-Bashir, saying: "He seems to agree, gains concession
after concession, and when you see that nothing much is
happening, he engages in negotiations again and demands new
concessions," while the goals sought remain unfulfilled.
PolCouns reminded Rubushe that this is a long-standing tactic
of the Khartoum Government which was displayed throughout
their tenure since 1989 in relation to the North-South civil
war, and remains a tactic and major concern in the context of
Darfur.
2. (SBU) Rubushe mentioned that the SAG is deeply commited to
the earliest possible deployment of the Hybrid Force in
Darfur, noting that President Mbeki clearly made this point
to President al-Bashir during his visit to Khartoum in March
and this commitment was reinforced by ForMin Dlamini Zuma
last week in her budget address to the Parliament in Cape
Town. Rubushe did not specifically indicate that the SAG
would support the additional USG targeted Sudanese sanctions
within UNSC deliberations, but did say that the SAG shared
similar goals of the USG regarding Darfur and would continue
to press for the UN/AU Hybrid mission. He said the SAG was
most concerned, however, about the lack of progress in both
the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur Peace
Agreement in which the African continent had placed so much
hope for a different, more democratic future for the Sudanese
people.
BOST
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD PREL AU UN SC SF
SUBJECT: SUDAN: ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS OVER LACK OF PROGRESS
REF: STATE 73696
1. (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to SAG DFA Chief
Director, Africa Multilateral, Rubushe on 05 June,
emphasizing USG commitment to the UN/AU effort to achieve
stability and deployment of the Hybrid peacekeeping mission
in Darfur with a robust Charter VII mandate. In response to
Rubushe's question regarding the nature of additional USG
sanctions, PolCouns, aware of the SAG's view of the limited
utility of broad-gauged sanctions, noted that U.S. targeted
sanctions focused exclusively on three individuals and 31
GOS-owned or controlled enterprises and did not negatively
affect the civilian population of Darfur or the Sudan as a
whole. Rubushe raised the lack of progress on the timing of
deployment of the UN/AU Hybrid force, and expressed
exasperation at the tactics of the GOS and President
al-Bashir, saying: "He seems to agree, gains concession
after concession, and when you see that nothing much is
happening, he engages in negotiations again and demands new
concessions," while the goals sought remain unfulfilled.
PolCouns reminded Rubushe that this is a long-standing tactic
of the Khartoum Government which was displayed throughout
their tenure since 1989 in relation to the North-South civil
war, and remains a tactic and major concern in the context of
Darfur.
2. (SBU) Rubushe mentioned that the SAG is deeply commited to
the earliest possible deployment of the Hybrid Force in
Darfur, noting that President Mbeki clearly made this point
to President al-Bashir during his visit to Khartoum in March
and this commitment was reinforced by ForMin Dlamini Zuma
last week in her budget address to the Parliament in Cape
Town. Rubushe did not specifically indicate that the SAG
would support the additional USG targeted Sudanese sanctions
within UNSC deliberations, but did say that the SAG shared
similar goals of the USG regarding Darfur and would continue
to press for the UN/AU Hybrid mission. He said the SAG was
most concerned, however, about the lack of progress in both
the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur Peace
Agreement in which the African continent had placed so much
hope for a different, more democratic future for the Sudanese
people.
BOST