Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STATE108975
2009-10-21 19:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Secretary of State
Cable title:
MGGV01: GUINEA MONITORING GROUP SITUATION
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UNCLAS STATE 108975
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GV
SUBJECT: MGGV01: GUINEA MONITORING GROUP SITUATION
REPORT NO. 5
CONAKRY CALM
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UNCLAS STATE 108975
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GV
SUBJECT: MGGV01: GUINEA MONITORING GROUP SITUATION
REPORT NO. 5
CONAKRY CALM
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1. (SBU) Traffic and commercial activity remain at
normal levels. The majority of schools are open,
although the French and American schools remain closed.
The Embassy has a two-and-a-half week supply of fuel and
has topped off residential tanks. (MGGV01/Embassy
Conakry telcon and e-mail)
2. (SBU) The consular section received no phone calls
or visits. (MGGV01/Embassy Conakry e-mail)
MENKERIOS BRIEFS UNSC; FRENCH EFFORTS CONTINUE
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3. (SBU) UN Assistant Secretary General Menkerios
briefed the Security Council on his visit to Guinea,
after which all council members except Russia expressed
support for the commission of inquiry (COI). Menkerios
said a full security assessment would need to be
conducted before the COI started, and expressed concern
regarding the level of cooperation junta leader Dadis
would offer. (MGGV01/USUN e-mail)
4. (SBU) France hopes to circulate among UNSC members a
Presidential Statement supporting the COI and stressing
the importance of establishing a new transitional
authority. (MGGV01/USUN e-mail)
CNDD OBJECTS TO INTERFERENCE; CIVIL SOCIETY MAKE PLANS
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5. (SBU) The ruling junta National Council for
Democracy and Development (CNDD) asserts Guinea is an
independent nation and no other country should interfere
in its internal affairs. The CNDD also claims the
international community does not have sufficient
evidence to warrant an international investigation into
human rights abuses. (MGGV01/Embassy Conakry e-mail)
6. (SBU) A civil society umbrella group, the Forces
Vives, is drafting a transition strategy laying out
roles and responsibilities of a national transition
government. (MGGV01/Embassy Conakry telcon)
7. (U) Additional updates are available through our
Intellipedia portal on the classified system at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Cris is_Guinea.
8. Minimize Considered.
CLINTON
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GV
SUBJECT: MGGV01: GUINEA MONITORING GROUP SITUATION
REPORT NO. 5
CONAKRY CALM
--------------
1. (SBU) Traffic and commercial activity remain at
normal levels. The majority of schools are open,
although the French and American schools remain closed.
The Embassy has a two-and-a-half week supply of fuel and
has topped off residential tanks. (MGGV01/Embassy
Conakry telcon and e-mail)
2. (SBU) The consular section received no phone calls
or visits. (MGGV01/Embassy Conakry e-mail)
MENKERIOS BRIEFS UNSC; FRENCH EFFORTS CONTINUE
-------------- -
3. (SBU) UN Assistant Secretary General Menkerios
briefed the Security Council on his visit to Guinea,
after which all council members except Russia expressed
support for the commission of inquiry (COI). Menkerios
said a full security assessment would need to be
conducted before the COI started, and expressed concern
regarding the level of cooperation junta leader Dadis
would offer. (MGGV01/USUN e-mail)
4. (SBU) France hopes to circulate among UNSC members a
Presidential Statement supporting the COI and stressing
the importance of establishing a new transitional
authority. (MGGV01/USUN e-mail)
CNDD OBJECTS TO INTERFERENCE; CIVIL SOCIETY MAKE PLANS
-------------- --------------
5. (SBU) The ruling junta National Council for
Democracy and Development (CNDD) asserts Guinea is an
independent nation and no other country should interfere
in its internal affairs. The CNDD also claims the
international community does not have sufficient
evidence to warrant an international investigation into
human rights abuses. (MGGV01/Embassy Conakry e-mail)
6. (SBU) A civil society umbrella group, the Forces
Vives, is drafting a transition strategy laying out
roles and responsibilities of a national transition
government. (MGGV01/Embassy Conakry telcon)
7. (U) Additional updates are available through our
Intellipedia portal on the classified system at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Cris is_Guinea.
8. Minimize Considered.
CLINTON