Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STATE39754
2009-04-21 21:19:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Secretary of State
Cable title:
INFO REQUEST FOR UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
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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)
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.
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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
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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).
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ACTION REQUEST
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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.
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BACKGROUND
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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.
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INDIVIDUALS
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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
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REPORTING DEADLINE AND POC
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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
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