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P 190002Z JUL 94
FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7793
INFO SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
WHITEHOUSE WASHDC PRIORITY
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY TUNIS
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY ACCRA
AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
USMISSION GENEVA
AMEMBASSY ROME
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AMEMBASSY DAKAR
C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN NEW YORK 002952
WHITEHOUSE PASS TO NSC FOR RICE AND STEINBERG;
JOINT STAFF FOR CHAIRMAN, DIR JS, J3;
SECDEF FOR OSD/ISA
PARIS FOR PERLOW
E.0.12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: MARK, PREL, PHUM, MOPS, FR, RW, UN
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARMON E KIRBY
DATE/CASE ID: 09 JAN 2008 200103014
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SUBJECT: RWANDA: 18 JUL 94 SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
1.
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2. UNDER SECRETARY GENERAL GHARAKHAN BRIEFED THE
COUNCIL JULY 18 ON THE DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN
SITUATION IN RWANDA. ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE
UN'S DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (DHA), OVER ONE
MILLION RWANDANS HAD CROSSED INTO ZAIRE BY 1245 LOCAL
TIME 17 JULY. THE SHELLING OF GOMA'S AIRPORT,
REPORTEDLY THE WORK OF THE RPF, RESULTED IN ITS
TEMPORARY CLOSURE. DHA'S REPORT ALSO WARNED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF A MASS INFLUX OF REFUGEES FROM THE
HUMANITARIAN ZONE INTO ZAIRE IN THE EVENT OF A FRENCH
DEPARTURE. CURRENTLY, 2.5-3 MILLION PEOPLE ARE
ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE ZONE.
3. GHARAKHAN ADDED THAT WHILE UNAMIR CANNOT CONFIRM THE
CEASE FIRE, THE WAR DOES APPEAR TO BE OVER. RPF GENERAL
KAGAME ASSURED UNAMIR THAT THE RPF WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE
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FOR THE MORTAR ATTACK ON REFUGEES IN GOMA YESTERDAY, AND
PROMISED TO RESPECT THE FRENCH HUMANITARIAN ZONE. HE
SAID THAT RWANDANS WHO HAVE NOT COMMITTED ATROCITIES ARE
WELCOME TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES.
3. SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARKER READ A LETTER FROM
THE RPF INFORMING THE SECURITY COUNCIL THAT THE WAR WAS
OVER AND THAT PASTEUR BIZIMUNGU WOULD BE INAUGURATED
PRESIDENT OF RWANDA JULY 19.
4. AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT REMINDED THE COUNCIL OF THE 15
JULY WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT WITHDRAWING U.S.
RECOGNITION OF RWANDA'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT. SHE SAID IT
WAS INTENDED TO SEND A FORCEFUL SIGNAL OF USG
DISAPPROVAL OF IGOR ACTIONS, AND CALLED FOR QUICK ACTION
TO ESTABLISH A WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL.
5. FRENCH DEPUTY PERMREP CONFIRMED THAT FOUR MEMBERS OF
THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT HAD FLED THE SAFE ZONE FOR
ZAIRE. HE ALSO ASKED FOR UN CONFIRMATION OF THE
CEASEFIRE AND CALLED FOR A NEW GOVERNMENT IN THE SPIRIT
OF THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT.
6.
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
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