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FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5783
INFO UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY DHAKA PRIORITY
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WHITEHOUSE WASHDC PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY ACCRA
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
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USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE
CONFIDENTIALUSUN NEW YORK 001628
WHITEHOUSE PASS NSC FOR D. CLARK, S. RICE AND D.STEINBERG;
JOINT STAFF FOR CHAIRMAN, DIR JS, J3;
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TAGS: MARR, PINS, PREL, MOPS, UNSC, RW
SUBJECT: UNSC GETS UPDATE ON RWANDA 4/18
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CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. SUMMARY: THE UNSC HEARD AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION
ON THE GROUND IN RWANDA APRIL 18, BUT DID NOT
CONTEMPLATE ANY ACTION AT THIS TIME. END SUMMARY.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: CHARLES L DARIS
DATE/CASE ID: 22 MAR 2006 200103014
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3. THE UN SECRETARIAT TOLD THE SECURITY COUNCIL APRIL
18 THAT UNAMIR WAS NOW MOSTLY OUT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND
ONLY STATIONED IN KIGALI. FIGHTING IN KIGALI
CONTINUES. THE RPF CONTROLS THE NORTHERN PART OF
KIGALI. THEIR OFFENSIVE HAS SLOWED, EITHER DELIBERATELY
OR DUE TO RESISTANCE. THE GOVERNMENT'S FORCES ARE
RESISTING OUTSIDE OF KIGALI. ETHNIC KILLINGS CONTINUE,
PARTICULARLY BEHIND GOVERNMENT - HELD LINES. THERE IS
NEITHER A CEASE-FIRE NOR A TRUCE, ALTHOUGH UNAMIR
CONTINUES ITS EFFORTS. THE RPF WILL NOT AGREE TO A
CEASE-FIRE UNTIL THE KILLINGS STOP BEHIND GOVERNMENT
LINES. THE RPF WILL NOT TALK DIRECTLY TO THE
GOVERNMENT, SINCE TO DO SO MIGHT IMPLY RECOGNITION OF
THE GOVERNMENT.
4. THE SECRETARIAT INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT 300
GHANAIANS WERE WITHDRAWING FROM THE DMZ AND WOULD TAKE
CONTROL OF THE AIRPORT TUESDAY, APRIL 19. ALL BELGIAN
UNAMIR HQ STAFF HAVE LEFT. THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
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CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE. THE UN'S DEPARTMENT OF
HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (DHA) HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO SEND
AN ADVANCE TEAM TO LOOK INTO AID SHIPMENTS, BUT THEY
CANNOT PROCEED TO KIGALI UNTIL THERE IS A CEASEFIRE.
THE FORCE COMMANDER AND SRSG WILL PRESENT FURTHER
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SYG WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
5. NIGERIAN AMB GAMBARI NOTED THAT THE OAU IS ENTERING
THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT, AND HAS MET WITH THE RPF. THE
RWANDAN AMBASSADOR TOLD THE COUNCIL A MEETING WAS
SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 23 IN ARUSHA BETWEEN THE
TWO PARTIES. THE PRESIDENT OF THE SC BRIEFED THE
COUNCIL ON HIS MEETING WITH THE BANGLADESHI AMBASSADOR.
BANGLADESH WAS STILL COMMITTED TO UNAMIR, BUT
INCREASINGLY NERVOUS. IF THE DANGER INCREASES, THEY
HOPE THE SC WILL REVIEW THE SITUATION. THE PRESIDENT
(NEW ZEALAND) REASSURED THE BANGLADESHI, AND WARNED THAT
PREMATURE ANNOUNCEMENT OF UNAMIR WITHDRAWAL COULD BE
DANGEROUS. THE PRESIDENT SAID THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE
A DECISION ON UNAMIR BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
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