INFO REQUEST FOR UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE

S E C R E T STATE 039754 NOFORN SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/21/2034 TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC SUBJECT: INFO REQUEST FOR UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE LISTING Classified By: IO PDAS WARLICK FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) & (D) ¶1. (U) This is an action request; see para 3. -------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE -------------- ¶2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/index.shtml). -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- ¶3. (SBU) Action addressees are requested to approach host governments and request information for the two designated individuals listed in para 6 and transmit response via a standalone UNCLASSIFIED cable. -------------- BACKGROUND -------------- ¶4. (S/NF) In October 2005, the UK, France, and the United States submitted seventeen individuals and entities for designation by the DRC Sanctions Committee for violating the arms embargo on the DRC. The DRC Sanctions Committee designated these seventeen individuals and entities on 14 October 2005, but the United States has not domestically designated nine of the individuals and one entity. If these individuals or entity have assets on U.S. territory, then the United States is out of compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets of listed individuals/entities. U.S. non-compliance undercuts our credibility in requesting other Member States to live up to their UN obligations. The United States is attempting to gather sufficient information to fulfill its UN obligations. ¶5. (S/NF) The United States believes it currently has sufficient information to domestically designate four of the individuals (Ntaganda, Lubanga, Katanga, and Ngudjolo),but not for the remaining five individuals and entity. Bio-identifiers are not available for three of the individuals (Bwambale, Nyakuni, or Kakwavu),and the entity (Tous Pour la Paix et le Developpement) no longer exists, so the United States will reach out to other UNSC partners to seek delisting of these individuals and entity. For the remaining two individuals (Njabu and Mutebutsi),we are now seeking additional bio-identifiers to be able to domestically designate. -------------- INDIVIDUALS -------------- ¶6. (SBU) Posts are to request as much of the following information as can be provided by host governments (date of birth being the most critical). If exact information is not available, please request that governments provide whatever information is available (for example, years of birth and current believed locations would be useful, even if specific dates of birth and addresses are not available): -- Floribert Ngabu NJABU - date of birth, place of birth, ethnicity, and current address -- Jules MUTEBUTSI, AKAs MUTEBUSI and MUTEBUZI - date of birth, ethnicity, and current address -------------- REPORTING DEADLINE AND POC -------------- ¶7. (U) Posts are requested to respond by 1 May. Point of contact in IO's Office of Peacekeeping, Sanctions, and Counterterrorism is Jean Clark (202.736.7736; clarkjt@state.sgov.gov). ¶8. (U) Department appreciates Posts' efforts. CLINTON