UNAMID IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE AND TIMELINE

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2017
TAGS: AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC
SUBJECT: UNAMID IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE AND TIMELINE
CHALLENGES

REF: UNAMID IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 13

2007

Classified By: Ambassador Zalmay M. Khalilzad, per 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (C) SUMMARY: DPKO Military Planning Division Acting
Director Major General (MG) Five briefed UNSC Military
Advisors September 10 on UNAMID implementation. Topics
included current status of deployments of the AMIS
battalions, the Light Support Package (LSP),the Heavy
Support Package (HSP) and UNAMID. MG Five said an
assessment of AMIS current capabilities is underway. Inputs
to the assessment are being provided by AMIS and AU partners,
with UN verification. Assessed shortfalls could impact the
force requirements for UNAMID. RECOMMENDATION: USUN requests
department demarche AU asking that they expeditiously concur
with UN TCC selections.
END SUMMARY.

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AMIS Assessment Underway
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2. (C) Major General Five, acting Military Advisor to the
Secretary General, briefed the UN Military Advisors on

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September 10th on the status of the UNAMID implementation. He
reported that the AMIS force has not yet restructured its
area of operations from eight sectors to three sectors as
called for under the LSP. A UN assessment of current AMIS
capabilities is underway and will be completed by September

28. Inputs to the assessment are being provided by AMIS and
AU partners. According to Major General Five assessed
shortfalls could impact the force requirements for UNAMID.

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LSP Nearly Complete;
HSP Remaining Requirements
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3. (C) MG Five said the LSP has deployed 93 of the 105
officers the UN was to provide in support of AMIS, 40 in
Darfur and 53 in Khartoum. Those in Khartoum are
temporarily assigned to HSP/UNAMID implementation. Six more
are in transit to Sudan and six remain to be generated.


4. (C) All HSP units have conducted the reconnaissance visits
and some have entered into MOU's with the UN. The UN will
conduct pre-deployment inspection visits, required for all
TCC's to ensure they adhere to personnel and equipment
readiness agreements, by October 18.


5. (C) Remaining requirements for the HSP include:

-- Land- to expand existing camps, and land for new camps is
being negotiated with the GoS;
-- Airlift restrictions- negotiations are underway to allow
strategic lift airplanes landing rights at various airfields
within Sudan via a note from the Joint Special Representative
(JSR) to the GoS;
-- Visas- the easing of visa restrictions to enter the
country has been addressed via a note from the Joint Special
Representative (JSR) to the GoS but has not been resolved;
-- Water- surveys are being conducted by the Department of
Field Services (DFS) and a plan for distribution is likewise
being planned by DFS.

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UNAMID Needs
Specialized Units
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6. (C) With regard to UNAMID, Troop Contributing Countries
(TCCs) have not yet pledged aviation assets (utility
helicopters),except the offer of 2 helicopters from Uruguay.
Additionally, DPKO lacks pledges for two of the three
required transportation companies. These shortfalls will
impact the force's ability to conduct logistics missions.
Remaining issues include:

-- The equipment deficiencies for infantry units from African
TCCs.
-- The landing rights issue addressed above pertaining to the
HSP also applies to UNAMID and needs resolution.
-- DPKO is also waiting on an AU response for the final TCC
selection. The AU wishes to retain an African character
regardless of equipment readiness; the UN is focused on
presenting the best force possible while respecting the
desires to have an African character.


7. (C)USUN requests department demarche AU asking that they
expeditiously concur with UN TCC selections.

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