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09STATE84137
2009-08-12 22:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:  

UNSC SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS

Tags:  EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY 
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TO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 7312
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UNCLAS STATE 084137 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
SUBJECT: UNSC SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS
EMBARGO EXEMPTION NOTIFICATION (PM)

REF: STATE 77694

UNCLAS STATE 084137

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
SUBJECT: UNSC SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS
EMBARGO EXEMPTION NOTIFICATION (PM)

REF: STATE 77694


1. This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a
letter to the Committee established pursuant to resolution
1132 (1994) concerning Sierra Leone ("the Sierra Leone
Sanctions Committee") with the information found in para 2
below in connection with the arms embargo on Sierra Leone
established by the Security Council notifying that the United
States will provide some equipment that is covered by the
arms embargo to the Republic of Sierra Leone's Armed Forces.

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LETTER
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2. Consistent with paragraph 4 of UN Security Council
resolution 1171 (1998),the United States Government notifies
its intention to provide supplies and equipment, some of
which is covered by the arms embargo established by
resolution 1171, to the Republic of Sierra Leone's Armed
Forces (RSLAF).

The following equipment will be provided to the Republic of
Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) from the U.S.
contract-managed ECOWAS Logistics Facility in Freetown,
Sierra Leone. The equipment will be loaned to the RSLAF
reconnaissance company for their use while deployed as
peacekeepers to Darfur, Sudan as part of the United Nations
/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). At the end of
their deployment, the equipment will be returned to the
logistics facility.

EQUIPMENT (quantity)
- Tanker, Fuel M-900 2,500 gal (1)
- Tanker, Water M-900 2500 gal (1)
- Tool Kit, Vehicle Mechanics (8)
- Tool Kit, Vehicle Mechanics Supplementary (1)

END LETTER


3. Department appreciates Mission's efforts.
CLINTON