Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08USUNNEWYORK650
2008-07-22 16:22:00
CONFIDENTIAL
USUN New York
Cable title:
UN/SOMALIA: FRANCE OPPOSES AL-SHABAAB LISTING
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C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN NEW YORK 000650
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/17/2017
TAGS: PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
SUBJECT: UN/SOMALIA: FRANCE OPPOSES AL-SHABAAB LISTING
UNDER 1267
REF: A. STATE 61215
B. PARIS 1101
Classified By: MINISTER COUNSELOR JEFFREY DELAURENTIS, FOR REASONS: 1.4
(B) AND (D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN NEW YORK 000650
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/17/2017
TAGS: PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
SUBJECT: UN/SOMALIA: FRANCE OPPOSES AL-SHABAAB LISTING
UNDER 1267
REF: A. STATE 61215
B. PARIS 1101
Classified By: MINISTER COUNSELOR JEFFREY DELAURENTIS, FOR REASONS: 1.4
(B) AND (D).
1. (C) On July 16, the French UN mission conveyed to USUN
that France is not in favor of listing the Somali
organization "al-Shabaab" under UNSCR 1267
(Terrorism/Al-Qaeda sanctions) (ref A and B). Acting on
instructions from Paris, the mission explained that France's
opposition is based on its assesment that there is no
al-Shabaab allegiance to either Osama bin-Laden or al-Qaeda;
the organization is more "nationalist" in character than
global jihadist"; and listing al-Shabaab now would undermine
the developments in the Somali political process since the
Djibouti Agreement.
2. (C) The French mission underscored, however, that Paris
agrees with our assessment that al-Shabaab poses a threat and
France would be open to listing individual members of
al-Shabaab (but not the organization itself) under 1267. The
French mission also noted that the Security Council had
tasked the Somalia Sanctions Committee to identify new
specific targeted measures for use against those who
undermine the political process in Somalia -- such measures,
Paris believed, might be applicable to al-Shabaab.
Khalilzad
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/17/2017
TAGS: PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
SUBJECT: UN/SOMALIA: FRANCE OPPOSES AL-SHABAAB LISTING
UNDER 1267
REF: A. STATE 61215
B. PARIS 1101
Classified By: MINISTER COUNSELOR JEFFREY DELAURENTIS, FOR REASONS: 1.4
(B) AND (D).
1. (C) On July 16, the French UN mission conveyed to USUN
that France is not in favor of listing the Somali
organization "al-Shabaab" under UNSCR 1267
(Terrorism/Al-Qaeda sanctions) (ref A and B). Acting on
instructions from Paris, the mission explained that France's
opposition is based on its assesment that there is no
al-Shabaab allegiance to either Osama bin-Laden or al-Qaeda;
the organization is more "nationalist" in character than
global jihadist"; and listing al-Shabaab now would undermine
the developments in the Somali political process since the
Djibouti Agreement.
2. (C) The French mission underscored, however, that Paris
agrees with our assessment that al-Shabaab poses a threat and
France would be open to listing individual members of
al-Shabaab (but not the organization itself) under 1267. The
French mission also noted that the Security Council had
tasked the Somalia Sanctions Committee to identify new
specific targeted measures for use against those who
undermine the political process in Somalia -- such measures,
Paris believed, might be applicable to al-Shabaab.
Khalilzad