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09STATE79316
2009-07-29 22:07:00
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Secretary of State
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UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DELISTING PROPOSAL

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SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2034
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
SUBJECT: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DELISTING PROPOSAL

REF: A. KINSHASA 716

B. PARIS 982

C. STATE 66735

D. KIGALI 292

E. STATE 39754

Classified By: IO ACTING A/S ANDERSON FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) & (D)

S E C R E T STATE 079316

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2034
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
SUBJECT: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DELISTING PROPOSAL

REF: A. KINSHASA 716

B. PARIS 982

C. STATE 66735

D. KIGALI 292

E. STATE 39754

Classified By: IO ACTING A/S ANDERSON 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 inform host
governments that the United States does not have adequate
information to domestically designate the four individuals
and one entity listed in para 5; therefore, we will propose
they be delisted by the DRC Sanctions Committee on 24 August.
If host governments have the information the United States
seeks, we request post send the information via standalone
UNCLASSIFIED cable. Unless otherwise instructed, USUN is
requested to propose the four individuals and one entity for
delisting on 24 August.

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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. Lack of action
by the U.S. to implement these obligations undercuts our
credibility in requesting other Member States to live up to

their UN obligations. The United States' attempts to gather
sufficient information to domestically designate these five
and thereby fulfill its UN obligations have been unsuccessful.

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INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITY
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5. (SBU) The United States does not have adequate
bio-identifiers (para 6 below) or information demonstrating
the following individuals and entity meet the designation
criteria (para 7 below)

-- Floribert Ngabu NJABU

-- Frank Kakolele BWAMBALE

-- James NYAKUNI

-- Jerome Kakwavu BUKANDE

-- Tous Pour la Paix et le Developpement (entity)

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BIO-IDENTIFIERS
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6. (U) 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):
- AKAs
- DOB (critical)
- POB
- Citizenship
- Nationality
- Title / rank
- Current address or location
- Passport number and issuing country
- National ID number

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DESIGNATION CRITERIA
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7. (U) Pursuant to operative paragraph 4 of UNSC resolution
1857 (2008),the asset freeze and travel ban shall apply to
individuals and entities as designated by the DRC Sanctions
Committee that meet any of the following criteria:
- Persons or entities acting in violation of the arms
embargo;
- Political and military leaders of foreign armed groups
operating in the DRC who impede the disarmament and the
voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants
belonging to those groups;
- 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;
- Political and military leaders operating in the DRC and
recruiting or using children in armed conflicts in violation
of applicable international law;
- 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;
- Individuals obstructing the access to or the
distribution of humanitarian assistance in the eastern part
of the DRC; and/or,
- Individuals or entities supporting the illegal armed
groups in the eastern part of the DRC through illicit trade
of natural resources.

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REPORTING DEADLINE AND POC
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8. (U) Posts are requested to respond by 14 August. Point of
contact in IO's Office of Peacekeeping, Sanctions, and
Counterterrorism is Jean Clark (202.736.7736;
clarkjt@state.sgov.gov).


9. (U) Department appreciates Posts' efforts. Particular
thanks go to Embassy Kigali, which has already provided
necessary bio-identifiers for one individual (reftel D),and
to Embassy Kinshasa for its repeated inquiries with the GDRC
regarding the bio-identifiers of an individual in para 5 who
is in GDRC custody (reftel A).
CLINTON