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Viewing cable 08USUNNEWYORK175, UNSC CONDEMNS ERITREA, UNCERTAIN ON NEXT STEPS

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08USUNNEWYORK175 2008-02-25 21:08 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY USUN New York
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DE RUCNDT #0175/01 0562108
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 252108Z FEB 08
FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3798
INFO RUEHZO/AFRICAN UNION COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN IMMEDIATE 0004
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI IMMEDIATE 2083
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 USUN NEW YORK 000175 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
AF AND IO FOR FRONT OFFICE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS
SUBJECT: UNSC CONDEMNS ERITREA, UNCERTAIN ON NEXT STEPS 
 
1. (SBU)  SUMMARY.  On February 21 A/SYG Mulet told the 
Security Council that UNMEE was well along in its staging of 
personnel near Asmara for departure and urged Council members 
to consider next steps for the mission.  Mulet implied that 
restructuring would be unwarranted because UNMEE had become 
unable to perform its primary mission of faciliating the 
demarcation of the border and normalization of 
Ethiopia-Eritrea relations.  All Council members condemned 
Eritrea's cutting off of UNMEE's fuel supply and general 
non-cooperation.  A few members commiserated with Eritrea's 
frustration over lack of movement on demarcation even as they 
critcized Eritrea's tactics.  The UN Secretariat is preparing 
a special report on options for UNMEE's future.  END SUMMARY. 
 
 
 
UNMEE MOVEMENT TOWARDS ASMARA ONGOING 
------------------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Edmond 
Mulet updated the Council on February 21 on UNMEE movement of 
military and civilian personnel to the Asmara vicinity in 
preparation for departure through Asmara's airport.  He said 
the Department of Peacekeeping operations (DPKO) could fly 
all personnel out within three weeks, but added that movement 
of UNMEE heavy equipment through Eritrean ports would require 
three months even assuming that adequate fuel were made 
available. 
 
3. (SBU)  Mulet said DPKO can arrange transport for all UNMEE 
personnel but, absent a physical emergency, would like to 
consult with the Council on next steps and will quickly 
prepare a report detailing relocation possibilities.  He 
distinguished relocation from repatriation of personnel on 
the grounds that relocation can be ordered by DPKO or UNMEE 
leaders on the ground whereas repatriation would have to be 
based on a Council decision to terminate UNMEE.  He said 
Ethiopia would host UNMEE temporily if convinced that doing 
so would not establish a new temporary security zone or 
otherwise compromise Ethiopia's legal position under 
applicable treaties.  He reminded members, however, that 
UNMEE's mandate was to facilitate demarcation of the border 
and normalization of relations between the parties, clearly 
intimating a view that this mandate could not be carried out 
from Ethiopia alone.  (NOTE. In a February 25 conversation 
with DepPolCouns, DPKO senior advisor Andrei Shkourko 
claified that DPKO would prefer not to temporarily relocate 
personnel to their home countries vice repatriation because 
relocation would require DPKO to continue to pay those 
relocated until UNMEE's mandate were up for Council 
reconsideration next July.  He added that DPKO has begun 
preliminary discussions with India and Jordan, UNMEE's main 
troop contributors, about the possible reassignment of UNMEE 
personnel to other UN peacekeeping operations.  END NOTE.) 
 
4. (SBU)  Mulet explained to Council members that UNMEE had 
begun relocating personnel and equipment to Asmara as "Plan 
B" after Eritrea refused passage to UNMEE personnel and 
vehicles looking to cross the border into Ethiopia.  He said 
there were five incidents of Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) 
obstructions to the relocation of UNMEE personnel between 
February 17 - 21: the blocking of four Jordanian armored 
personnel carriers, the blocking of Indian military personnel 
on February 17, the seizing of fuel drums from UNMEE's Mine 
Action Coordination Center (MACC) on February 17, the 
blocking of Indian military personnel on February 19, and the 
detaining of an UNMEE convoy containing 18 mine detecting 
dogs and holding them without food or water.  Mulet noted the 
number of personnel who have relocated from the TSZ to 
Asmara: 276 of 491 Jordanian troops, 94 of 353 Indian troops 
posted in Eritrea, 68 of 109 military observers, and 60 
Indian engineers.  All military units have been ordered to 
carry as much equipment as possible.  UNMEE aims to complete 
troop movements to Asmara by February 27.  He said that UNMEE 
would be "non-operational" while in Asmara. 
 
ASMARA ACTIONS LIMIT OPTIONS 
---------------------------- 
 
5. (SBU) In response to a question from Ambassador Wolff 
regarding UNMEE efforts to engage the government of Eritrea 
on the fuel crisis, Mulet said "we did everything we could" 
and detailed several unsuccessful attempts to communicate 
with Eritrean officials from early December when fuel was 
first cut off through last week's trip to the region by a 
technical team.  Members of the technical team, he said, had 
 
USUN NEW Y 00000175  002 OF 002 
 
 
their visas revoked by Asmara because their itinerary took 
them through Addis Ababa.  Mulet said UNMEE had been open to 
importing its own fuel or sharing supplies with UNMIS in 
neighboring Sudan, but Asmara declined to respond to UNMEE's 
overtures along these lines. 
 
6. (SBU) All delegations condemned Eritrea's actions, but to 
varying degrees.  Russian DPR Dolgov said "it is intolerable 
that a member state of the UN on whose territory a PKO is 
present not only hinders operations but also blocks 
departure."  He said Russia would support as strong a UNSC 
presidential statement as possible, adding that "we should 
refer to 'appropriate measures' without apologizing," a clear 
call for sanctions language.  Libyan DPR Mubarak represented 
the softer end of the range of Council member outrage over 
Eritrea's behavior, saying that "the Council should have 
focused on demarcation so that Asmara would not have taken 
these wrong decisions."  Several members -- including 
Indonesia, South Africa, Belgium, Croatia, and Italy -- 
called for the underlying issues of border demarcation and 
normalization to be addressed. 
 
7. (SBU) Delegations were divided on next steps for UNMEE. 
Russia and South Africa urged UNMEE to relocate temporarily 
and continue to monitor the situation, while other 
delegations -- including Belgium, Costa Rica, Burkina Faso, 
and Libya -- called for the Council to reconsider UNMEE's 
mandate. 
 
8. (SBU) After the meeting, Council President and Panamanian 
PR Arias told the press that the Council "condemned Eritrea's 
systematic violations of successive Security Council 
resolutions."  Arias said the Council supported SYG Ban's 
efforts to resolve in the situation and was waiting for his 
special report on the issue. 
 
9. (SBU) COMMENT: Vikram Doraiswami, political counselor at 
the Indian Mission to the UN, told DepPolCouns after a 
meeting of troop contributing countries on Feburary 22 that 
India felt its troops were in a hostile situation in Asmara 
and was looking for options for their withdrawal.  We not 
know whether Asmara would allow UNMEE planes to take off if 
they were simply destined for Ethiopia as the last leg in a 
relocation of the mission.  Upon delivery of the SYG's 
special report, expected mid-week, the Council will need to 
decide whether to attempt to salvage UNMEE or deploy a new, 
smaller UN presence in the area.  END COMMENT. 
 
KHALILZAD