UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH SEEK US REACTION ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN NEW YORK 000305 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/19/2017 TAGS: PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV SUBJECT: UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH SEEK US REACTION ON PROPOSED SANCTIONS TARGETS REF: MORRIS-ELLIS EMAIL 3/15/2007 Classified By: MINISTER COUNSELOR WILLIAM BRENCICK, FOR REASONS: 1.4(B) AND (D). ¶1. (C) Action Request: On March 15 the French shared with USUN Sanctions Unit a list of individuals that Paris would support for additional targeted sanctions in Sudan (Ref email). During the April 17 P3 meeting on the joint US-UK draft Sudan sanctions resolution, French PolOff Clement LeClerc requested Washington feedback on the French list of names. Paris has identified these individuals as human rights violators from all parties to the conflict, and feel that the "balanced" nature of the list and the "intermediate" rank of the actors will ensure that targeting these individuals will not undermine the peace process. USUN seeks Department guidance on whether the USG can support any of the French proposed names for sanctions. ¶2. (C) Begin French proposal: Abdallah Safi Al Nour: Former governor of North Darfur, major general in the SAF. El-Tijani Abdel Qadir Muhammad: Leader of the Misseriya clan in the Niteiga area in South Darfur. Involved in Janjaweed attacks of April 2005 and April 2006 and identified for that reason in the confidential annex of the panel of experts. Mohammed Adam Naser: Former SLA chief of staff. Now a member of the NRF. Identified in the confidential annex to the 3rd final report to the panel of experts as responsible for violations of the ceasefire and for massacres in the framework of a "policy of ethnic cleansing" (French quotations). Khatir Tor El-Khala: G-19 commander, named by the panel (confidential annex to the 3rd report) for violations of the arms embargo and human rights. Adam Ali Shogar: member of the joint committee of the G19 and general coordinator of its operations. Named in the confidential annex to the 3rd report of the panel as SIPDIS responsible for violations of the ceasefire and for attacks against villages in July 2006. End French proposal. WOLFF