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. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- ¶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. -------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE -------------- ¶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. -------------- TARGETS -------------- ¶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 -------------- BACKGROUND -------------- ¶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. -------------- IDENTIFIERS -------------- ¶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 -------------- UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE LISTING CRITERIA -------------- ¶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. -------------- POC AND REPORTING DEADLINE -------------- ¶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