FDLR INFORMATION REQUEST FOR UN SANCTIONS IN DRC

UNCLAS STATE 086006

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
SUBJECT: FDLR INFORMATION REQUEST FOR UN SANCTIONS IN DRC
COMMITTEE

REF: STATE 60880


1. (U) This is an action request; see paras 2 - 4.

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ACTION REQUEST
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2. (SBU) Embassy Kigali is requested to thank the Government
of Rwanda (GOR) again for their extraordinary effort to
produce a comprehensive submission of FDLR targets for
inclusion on the consolidated travel ban and asset freeze
list maintained by the UN Security Council Committee
established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC Sanctions Committee).
Please explain to the GOR that we have reviewed its list of
proposed targets in great detail, along with other
information, and we have developed a list of FDLR targets,
some of whom were included on the GOR's list and others who
were identified by other sources, that we hope to be able to
support with sufficient identifying and other information for
Member States to effectively implement the sanctions. Please
also explain that, in order to implement UN sanctions, the
U.S. Government must be able to meet U.S. domestic legal
requirements, which require adequate identifying information
and information demonstrating that each target meets the
listing criteria. Unfortunately, we have not been able to
meet those standards on some of the targets proposed by the
Government of Rwanda.


3. (SBU) Embassy Kigali is also requested to provide
citizenship information for each target listed in para 6 and
transmit response via a standalone UNCLASSIFIED cable.


4. (SBU) Finally, Embassy Kigali is to request additional
information, and clarification in cases of discrepancy (as
noted in para 6),from the Government of Rwanda on the
targets in para 6. The information needed is: a) any
additional available identifiers and b) information
demonstrating that targets meet the criteria for designation
under UN Security Council resolution 1807 (2008). See para 8
for requested identifiers and para 9 for listing criteria.

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
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5. (SBU) The objective is to attain adequate identifiers and
information demonstrating that targets meet the criteria for
designation under UNSCR 1807 (2008) so that these targets can
be included on the consolidated travel ban and asset freeze
list maintained by the DRC Sanctions Committee.

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TARGETS
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6. (SBU)

- MBARUSHIMANA, Callixte
Current Title: FDLR J-3; FDLR Deputy Executive Secretary
Current Location: Paris, France; or Thiasis
DOB: 24 July 1963
POB: Ndusu district, Ruhengeri Prefecture Northern
Province, Rwanda

- RUZINDANA, Emmanuel
Current Title: FDLR Political Commissioner
Current Location: Sotteville les Rouen, France
DOB: 1960 (est)
POB: Gikongoro, Rwanda

- NZEYIMANA, Stanislas (Brigadier General)
Current Title: Deputy Commander FOCA (since mid-2007); may be
FDLR Vice President since April 2008.
Current Location: Katoyi/Kalongi, North Kivu, DRC or possibly
Kibua North Kivu, DRC
Alias/AKAs: Gen. Brig. Bigaruka; Deo Izabayo; Mateso
DOB: 01/01/1966 or possibly 1967 (est)
POB: Butare
*Please clarify DOB. If the precise DOB is not known, it is
better to have just a year than to put 1 January as a place
holder for the month and day*

- NTAWUNGUKA or NTAWUNGULA, Pacifique
Current Title: First Division Commander FDLR or Commander of
the North Division of FOCA
Current Location: Peti, Walikale/Masisis border, North Kivu,
DRC
Alias/AKAs: Colonel Omega, Nzeri or Israel
DOB: 1 January 1964
POB: Gaseke, Western Province, Rwanda
*Please clarify spelling of last name and DOB. If the
precise DOB is not known, it is better to have just a year
than to put 1 January as a place holder for the month and day*

- MUJYAMBERE, Leopold (Colonel)
Current Title: Chief of the Reserve Bridgades of FOCA;
FDLR CO second Division
Current Location: Mwenga, South Kivu, DRC
Alias/AKAs: Musenyeri; Achille; Petrus; Ibrahim
DOB: 1966 (est)
POB: Rulindo, North Province, Rwanda

- HAKIZIMANA, Apollinaire (Brigadier General)
Current Title: FDLR Defense Commissioner
Current Location: Kibua, North Kivu, DRC
Alias/AKAs: Lepic Amikwe; Poete;
DOB: 1964 (est) or 01/01/1962
POB: Gasiza former Gikongoro Prefecture, Western province
Rwanda or Karago/Gisenyi, Nyahihu, Western Province
Education: ESM 20th intake, intel Courses in Egypt and Italy
Worked in intelligence Department in 1994.
Shareholder in Radio Television des Milles Collines
While in the camps in DRC he was a commandant in Goma.
Previously head of ALIR's department of military intelligence
(G2).
A major FDLR policy maker and shares responsibility in crimes
committed by the FDLR/FOCA.
*Please clarify DOB. If the precise DOB is not known, it is
better to have just a year than to put 1 January as a place
holder for the month and day*

- IYAMUREMYE, Gaston / BYILINGIRO, Victor
Current Title: Second Vice President of FDLR
Current Location: Kibua, DRC
Alias/AKAs: BYILINGIRO, Victor; IYAMUREMYE, Gaston;
General Michel Rumuli or Rumuri
DOB: 1948 (est)
POB: Ruhengeri, Rwanda
*Please clarify which name is the target's actual name and
which is an alias*

- Njilinshuti or Ngilinshuti, Juma
*Please clarify spelling of last name*

- Dusabe, Enock

- Nzabamwita, Felicien

- Bisengimana, Abraham Sam or Abraham Kunda

- Nsengiyunva, Venuste

- Nizeyimana, Wenceslas

- Ntabareshya, Kiyombe

- Mugaragu, Leodomir

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BACKGROUND
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7. (SBU) In May, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) submitted
nineteen FDLR targets for listing by the DRC Sanctions
Committee. The U.S. placed a hold on the submission by the
GOR in order to evaluate the information available for each
proposed target. In order to be responsive to the GOR, we
need to lift our hold and indicate our objection to or
support for the listing by the DRC Sanctions Committee of
each of the GOR proposed targets.

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IDENTIFIERS
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8. (U) Identifiers Requested for Designations

For each target, we would like to compile the following types
of identifier data:

- Name
- Aliases and AKAs
- Passport number(s) and country of issuance
- Citizenship
- Date of Birth (ideally, a precise date; if not, the year of
birth)
- Place of birth
- Current location
- Professional title

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UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE LISTING CRITERIA
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9. (U) Persons or entities proposed for listing must meet one
or more of the listing criteria from operative paragraph 13
of UNSC Resolution 1807 (2008):

a) Persons or entities acting in violation of the arms
embargo with respect to non-governmental entities and
individuals in the DRC;
b) Political and military leaders of foreign armed
groups operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC) who impede the disarmament and the voluntary
repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those
groups;
c) Political and military leaders of Congolese militias
receiving support from outside the DRC, who impede the
participation of their combatants in disarmament,
demobilization, and reintegration processes;
d) Political and military leaders operating in the DRC
and recruiting or using children in armed conflicts in
violation of applicable international law; and,
e) Individuals operating in the DRC and committing
serious violations of international law involving the
targeting of children or women in situations of armed
conflict, including killing and maiming, sexual violence,
abduction and forced displacement.

Those listed by the Committee are subject to a travel ban and
asset freeze.

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POC AND REPORTING DEADLINE
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10. (U) Jean T Clark (clarkjt@state.sgov.gov, 202.736.7736)
in IO/PSC is the point of contact. Reporting deadline is 14
August 2008.


11. (U) Department appreciates Post's efforts.
RICE