OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 76

UNCLASSIFIED SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 01681 SIPDIS CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD// 497IG AMHS BOLLING AFB DC//INAGE// SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J2/J3/J4/J5// HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// HQ JTF PROVIDE PROMISE FWD//J2/J3/J5// WHITE HOUSE WASHDC JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 001681 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO AID VIENNA FOR BOSNIA AID FOR AA/BHR, ENI, BHR/FFP, AND BHR/OFDA/DRD BUDAPEST FOR RFMC/CEE STATE FOR IO, IO/PHO, EUR/EEA EUR/SCE, PM/ISP, AND PRM GENEVA FOR RMA SECDEF ALSO FOR OSD/HRA/IRVIN RAMSTEIN FOR DO/LG/XP/IN/POLAD// E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: EAID PHUM HR EAID PHUM HR EAID PHUM HR AORC EAID PHUM HR BK SUBJECT: OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 76 REF: ZAGREB 1641 -------------- SUMMARY -------------- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01681 01 OF 03 280908Z ¶1. UNHCR SUSPENDED CONVOY OPERATION ON APR 24 - 25 AS A SECURITY PRECAUTION. WORKING GROUP IN ANCONA DISCUSSES CONDITIONS FOR RESUMPTION OF AIRLIFT. UNHCR BUDGET CUTS ADVERSELY AFFECTS OFDA GRANTEE. FOR APRIL 24 - 25: CONVOY INCIDENTS; UNHCR SUCCESSFUL CONVOY DELIVERIES; UNHCR SARAJEVO AIRLIFT; AND JTF PROVIDE PROMISE AIRDROP OPERATIONS. END SUMMARY. -------------- -------------- UNHCR SUSPENDED CONVOY OPERATIONS AS A PRECAUTION -------------- -------------- ¶2. ON APR 24 - 25, UNHCR SUSPENDED NEARLY ALL CONVOY OPERATIONS FROM BELGRADE, METKOVIC, AND ZAGREB AS A SECURITY PRECAUTION. UNHCR FEARED THAT ITS STAFF COULD BE THE TARGET OF SERB REPRISALS FOLLOWING AN APR 24 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE UN WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL IN THE HAGUE, WHICH SINGLED OUT SEVERAL HIGH LEVEL SERB OFFICIALS AS SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINALS. THE BOSNIAN SERB LEADER, RADOVAN KARADZIC, WAS ONE OF THE THREE BOSNIAN SERBS NAMED BY JUDGE GOLDSTONE. ALTHOUGH THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE NOT BEEN INDICTED, THE INVESTIGATION COULD LEAD TO FORMAL CHARGES BY THE END OF THE YEAR. -------------- -------------- HIGH-LEVEL WORKING GROUP IN ANCONA DISCUSSES AIRLIFT -------------- -------------- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01681 01 OF 03 280908Z ¶3. A HIGH-LEVEL WORKING GROUP MET IN ANCONA ON APR 21 TO DISCUSS THE RESUMPTION OF THE SARAJEVO AIRLIFT. IRC/SARAJEVO LOGISTICS OFFICER ATTENDED THE MEETING AND REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING THREE CONDITIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY MET, BEFORE THE AIRLIFT COULD RESUME: A) THE EXTENSION OF THE CEASEFIRE IN B-H; B) A GUARANTEE THAT THE FLIGHTS WILL NOT BE INTERFERED WITH IN ANY WAY INCLUDING IN-FLIGHT (TARGETING OF THE AIRCRAFT),ON THE GROUND (OBSTRUCTION OF CARGO), OR PASSENGER SELECTION/HARASSMENT; AND C) A RETURN TO THE JULY 1992 SARAJEVO AIRPORT AGREEMENT. ¶4. NOTE: THE 1992 AIRPORT AGREEMENT STIPULATED SEVERAL THINGS INCLUDING THE DEFINITION THAT AID IS COMPRISED OF FOOD, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, AND SHELTER/WINTER MATERIALS. THE AGREEMENT FURTHER OUTLINES THAT ONLY CURSORY CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE ON THE "BLUE ROUTES", AND NO CONFISCATING OF GOODS, VEHICLES, OR PEOPLE. END NOTE. UNCLASSIFIED NNNNPTQ3280 UNCLASSIFIED PTQ3280 PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01681 02 OF 03 280908Z ACTION PRM-10 INFO LOG-00 AID-00 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 INL-02 OASY-00 DS-00 EB-01 EUR-01 OIGO-01 FBIE-00 HHS-01 H-01 SSA-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-10 LAB-01 L-01 ADS-00 NSAE-00 OIC-02 PA-02 PM-00 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-01 TRSE-00 USIE-00 SNIS-00 NISC-01 PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRME-01 DRL-09 G-00 /049W -------------- C03FB8 281056Z /38 O 261810Z APR 95 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5551 USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY USMISSION USNATO USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ2/J3/J4/J5/EC POLAD// AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY VIENNA COM SIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE// UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01681 02 OF 03 280908Z CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD// 497IG AMHS BOLLING AFB DC//INAGE// SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J2/J3/J4/J5// HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// HQ JTF PROVIDE PROMISE FWD//J2/J3/J5// WHITE HOUSE WASHDC JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 ZAGREB 001681 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO AID VIENNA FOR BOSNIA AID FOR AA/BHR, ENI, BHR/FFP, AND BHR/OFDA/DRD BUDAPEST FOR RFMC/CEE STATE FOR IO, IO/PHO, EUR/EEA EUR/SCE, PM/ISP, AND PRM GENEVA FOR RMA SECDEF ALSO FOR OSD/HRA/IRVIN RAMSTEIN FOR DO/LG/XP/IN/POLAD// E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: EAID PHUM HR EAID PHUM HR EAID PHUM HR AORC EAID PHUM HR BK SUBJECT: OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 76 -------------- UNHCR BUDGET CUTS AFFECT OFDA GRANTEE -------------- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01681 02 OF 03 280908Z ¶5. DURING A RECENT TRIP TO CENTRAL B-H, DART REPRESENTATIVES WERE TOLD BY IRC THAT THE PROPOSED UNHCR FUNDING REQUEST FOR SCHOOL AND HEALTH CENTER REHABILITATION WOULD NOT BE APPROVED. A FAX FROM UNHCR/ZAGREB TO IRC INDICATED THAT "MRS. OGATA (UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES) HAS REDUCED THE UNHCR BUDGET FOR BOSNIA, AND THUS THE IRC PROPOSAL WOULD NOT BE FUNDED." WHEREAS UNHCR USED TO BE THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO IRC PROGRAMS, IRC/BOSNIA HEAD OF OFFICE REPORTED THAT IRC NO LONGER HAS ANY AID PROJECTS FUNDED BY UNHCR. FURTHERMORE, IRC'S HEAD OF OFFICE IS CONCERNED THAT THEIR OPERATIONS WILL BE SERIOUSLY HAMPERED IF UNHCR CONTINUES TO RECALL THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED FOR IRC'S USE. -------------- UNHCR CONVOY INCIDENTS -------------- ¶6. IN ADDITION TO THE CONVOY CANCELLATIONS DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS DETAILED IN PARA 2, UNHCR/ZAGREB REPORTED SEVERAL OTHER CANCELLATIONS ON APR 24 AND ¶25. FIVE CONVOYS WERE CANCELLED ON APR 24, AND 2 ON APR 25, PENDING NEGOTIATIONS ON ACCESS TO THE BIHAC POCKET. TWO CONVOYS TO CAZIN WERE DENIED CLEARANCE BY THE KRAJINA SERBS - ONE ON APR 24 AND ONE ON APR ¶25. - -------------- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01681 02 OF 03 280908Z UNHCR SUCCESSFUL CONVOYS -------------- ¶7. ON APRIL 24, UNHCR/METKOVIC REPORTED ONE SUCCESSFUL CONVOY TO TUZLA (160 MT OF MIXED FOOD). ¶8. ON APRIL 25, UNHCR/METKOVIC REPORTED TWO SUCCESSFUL CONVOYS TO ZENICA (A TOTAL OF 109 MT OF MIXED FOOD AND SLEEPING BAGS). ¶9. ALL OTHER CONVOYS WERE CANCELLED BY UNHCR FOR SECURITY REASONS. SEE PARA 2 FOR DETAILS. -------------- UNHCR SARAJEVO AIRLIFT -------------- ¶10. THE HUMANITARIAN AIRLIFT TO SARAJEVO HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED SINCE APR 8 WHEN AN AMERICAN AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY 10 ROUNDS OF SMALL ARMS FIRE. AS REPORTED IN REFTEL, THE UNHCR AIRLIFT IS NOT UNCLASSIFIED NNNNPTQ3285 UNCLASSIFIED PTQ3285 PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01681 03 OF 03 280908Z ACTION PRM-10 INFO LOG-00 AID-00 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 INL-02 OASY-00 DS-00 EB-01 EUR-01 OIGO-01 FBIE-00 HHS-01 H-01 SSA-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-10 LAB-01 L-01 ADS-00 NSAE-00 OIC-02 PA-02 PM-00 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-01 TRSE-00 USIE-00 SNIS-00 NISC-01 PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRME-01 DRL-09 G-00 /049W -------------- C03FCB 281057Z /38 O 261810Z APR 95 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5552 USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY USMISSION USNATO USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ2/J3/J4/J5/EC POLAD// AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY VIENNA COM SIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE// UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01681 03 OF 03 280908Z CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD// 497IG AMHS BOLLING AFB DC//INAGE// SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J2/J3/J4/J5// HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// HQ JTF PROVIDE PROMISE FWD//J2/J3/J5// WHITE HOUSE WASHDC JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ZAGREB 001681 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO AID VIENNA FOR BOSNIA AID FOR AA/BHR, ENI, BHR/FFP, AND BHR/OFDA/DRD BUDAPEST FOR RFMC/CEE STATE FOR IO, IO/PHO, EUR/EEA EUR/SCE, PM/ISP, AND PRM GENEVA FOR RMA SECDEF ALSO FOR OSD/HRA/IRVIN RAMSTEIN FOR DO/LG/XP/IN/POLAD// E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: EAID PHUM HR EAID PHUM HR EAID PHUM HR AORC EAID PHUM HR BK SUBJECT: OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 76 EXPECTED TO RESUME UNTIL MAY 1 AT THE EARLIEST. -------------- JTF PROVIDE PROMISE AIRDROPS UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01681 03 OF 03 280908Z -------------- ¶11. JTF PROVIDE PROMISE AIRDROPS OVER B-H ARE INDEFINITELY POSTPONED DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS. THE LAST HUMANITARIAN AIRDROPS WERE CONDUCTED OVER BIHAC ON AUG 16. GALBRAITH UNCLASSIFIED NNNN @@@OASYS@@@ PTQ4000 UNCLASSIFIED PTQ4000 PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01681 02 OF 03 151652Z ACTION PRM-10 INFO LOG-00 AID-00 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 INL-02 OASY-00 DS-00 EB-01 EUR-01 OIGO-01 FBIE-00 HHS-01 H-01 SSA-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-08 LAB-01 L-01 ADS-00 NSAE-00 OIC-02 PA-02 PM-00 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-01 TRSE-00 USIE-00 SNIS-00 NISC-01 PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRME-01 DRL-09 G-00 /047W -------------- C5CFC6 152214Z /38 O 261810Z APR 95 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5551 USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY USMISSION USNATO USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ2/J3/J4/J5/EC POLAD// AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY VIENNA COM SIXTHFLT//N2// UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01681 02 OF 03 151652Z CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE// CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD// 497IG AMHS BOLLING AFB DC//INAGE// SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J2/J3/J4/J5// HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// HQ JTF PROVIDE PROMISE FWD//J2/J3/J5// WHITE HOUSE WASHDC JAC MOLESWORQ RAF MOLESWORTH UK UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 ZAGREB 001681 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO AID VIENNA FOR BOSNIA AID FOR AA/BHR, ENI, BHR/FFP, AND BHR/OFDA/DRD BUDAPEST FOR RFMC/CEE STATE FOR IO, IO/PHO, EUR/EEA EUR/SCE, PM/ISP, AND PRM GENEVA FOR RMA SECDEF ALSO FOR OSD/HRA/IRVIN RAMSTEIN FOR DO/LG/XP/IN/POLAD// E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: EAID PHUM HR EAID PHUM HR EAID PHUM HR AORC EAID PHUM HR BK SUBJECT: OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 76 -------------- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01681 02 OF 03 151652Z UNHCR BUDGET CUTS AFFECT OFDA GRANTEE -------------- ¶5. DURING A RECENT TRIP TO CENTRAL B-H, DART REPRESENTATIVES WERE TOLD BY IRC THAT THE PROPOSED UNHCR FUNDING REQUEST FOR SCHOOL AND HEALTH CENTER REHABILITATION WOULD NOT BE APPROVED. A FAX FROM UNHCR/ZAGREB TO IRC INDICATED THAT "MRS. OGATA (UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES) HAS REDUCED THE UNHCR BUDGET FOR BOSNIA, AND THUS THE IRC PROPOSAL WOULD NOT BE FUNDED." WHEREAS UNHCR USED TO BE THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO IRC PROGRAMS, IRC/BOSNIA HEAD OF OFFICE REPORTED THAT IRC NO LONGER HAS ANY AID PROJECTS FUNDED BY UNHCR. FURTHERMORE, IRC'S HEAD OF OFFICE IS CONCERNED THAT THEIR OPERATIONS WILL BE SERIOUSLY HAMPERED IF UNHCR CONTINUES TO RECALL THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED FOR IRC'S USE. -------------- UNHCR CONVOY INCIDENTS -------------- ¶6. IN ADDITION TO THE CONVOY CANCELLATIONS DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS DETAILED IN PARA 2, UNHCR/ZAGREB REPORTED SEVERAL OTHER CANCELLATIONS ON APR 24 AND ¶25. FIVE CONVOYS WERE CANCELLED ON APR 24, AND 2 ON APR 25, PENDING NEGOTIATIONS ON ACCESS TO THE BIHAC POCKET. TWO CONVOYS TO CAZIN WERE DENIED CLEARANCE BY THE KRAJINA SERBS - ONE ON APR 24 AND ONE ON APR ¶25. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01681 02 OF 03 151652Z - -------------- UNHCR SUCCESSFUL CONVOYS -------------- ¶7. ON APRIL 24, UNHCR/METKOVIC REPORTED ONE SUCCESSFUL CONVOY TO TUZLA (160 MT OF MIXED FOOD). ¶8. ON APRIL 25, UNHCR/METKOVIC REPORTED TWO SUCCESSFUL CONVOYS TO ZENICA (A TOTAL OF 109 MT OF MIXED FOOD AND SLEEPING BAGS). ¶9. ALL OTHER CONVOYS WERE CANCELLED BY UNHCR FOR SECURITY REASONS. SEE PARA 2 FOR DETAILS. -------------- UNHCR SARAJEVO AIRLIFT -------------- ¶10. THE HUMANITARIAN AIRLIFT TO SARAJEVO HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED SINCE APR 8 WHEN AN AMERICAN AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY 10 ROUNDS OF SMALL ARMS FIRE. AS REPORTED IN REFTEL, THE UNHCR AIRLIFT IS NOT UNCLASSIFIED NNNN