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Viewing cable 08KHARTOUM502, UNAMID DEPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08KHARTOUM502 2008-04-03 16:36 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Khartoum
VZCZCXRO2632
PP RUEHGI RUEHMA RUEHROV
DE RUEHKH #0502/01 0941636
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 031636Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0388
INFO RUCNFUR/DARFUR COLLECTIVE
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0135
RHMFISS/CJTF HOA
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KHARTOUM 000502 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/SPG, S/CRS 
DEPT PLS PASS USAID FOR AFR/SUDAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
SUBJECT: UNAMID DEPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS 
 
REF: KHARTOUM 434 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID Chief of Planning informed FieldOff on 
April 2 that "there will be no new infantry battalions coming in 
this year to UNAMID" beyond those that are currently planned. 
Instead, he stated UNAMID would be prepared to receive the Egyptian 
and Ethiopian battalions and the enabling units of the Heavy Support 
Package (HSP).  He said that the currently-planned 4,465 troops by 
December 31 would be the maximum possible given logistical 
constraints.  The Planning Chief mentioned "disconnects" between 
troop contributor capitals and the United Nations about the size of 
incoming Nigerian and South African battalions.  A Department of 
Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) team will return to New York from El 
Fasher on April 3 to break the Planning Chief's recommendation to 
DPKO leadership in what the Planning Chief considers "a little dose 
of reality."  END SUMMARY. 
 
4,465 TROOPS BY DECEMBER 31 
--------------------------- 
2. (SBU) In an April 2 meeting UNAMID Planning Chief Murdo Urquhart 
told FieldOff that his message to New York Headquarters is that 
"there will be no new infantry battalions coming in this year to 
UNAMID."  Based on a timeline generated by Acting Chief of 
Integrated Support Services, Urquhart explained that UNAMID is 
prepared to receive the Egyptian and Ethiopian battalions, as well 
as the enabling units of the HSP (including units from China, Egypt, 
Ethiopia, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Netherlands).  The deployment of 
these HSP units, however, is predicated on the arrival of their 
contingenp-owned euipmdnv`(COA) and n thE rpe%d"ob`mngmneerk&JPrp`ba4gpY$wp0o$4hec/qnd( ay that we could bring in any new additional 
battalions, including the second battalions offered by Ethiopia and 
Egypt," he continued, adding that UNAMID logistics could simply not 
provide support for battalions "coming in with nothing." [NOTE: The 
new CISS, who will replace former Chief Ian Divers, is MONUC chief 
engineer Bruce McCaren.  He is expected to arrive in El Fasher in 
mid-April when the Acting Chief returns to New York.  END NOTE]. 
 
THE BIGGER, NOT NECESSARILY THE BETTER 
-------------------------------------- 
4. (SBU) The Acting CISS also stated that UNAMID cannot provide 
mobility for additional battalions coming in at increased strength, 
citing the rotating Nigerians in particular.  According to the 
Acting CISS and the Planning Chief, two troop contributors, Nigeria 
and South Africa, were planning to rotate three battalions and one 
battalion, respectively, in at the 800-troop level between April and 
June.  Urquhart noted there was a "disconnect" somewhere between New 
York and El Fasher as to troop strength for these battalions, 
despite alleged DPKO outreach to the Permanent Missions of 
troop-contributing countries on this topic.  As far as deployment is 
concerned, Urquhart envisioned breaking up the enlarged Nigerian 
battalions into companies and sending one such company, for example, 
to El Geneina as force protection during the construction of the 
UNAMID "supercamp" there. 
 
5. (SBU) The Planning Chief noted that the South African decision to 
rotate at the 800 vice 548 level (which is its current strength) 
came as a surprise during the weekend of March 29.  He anticipated 
deploying the difference in troop level (252) around South Africa's 
three current bases.  However, like the plused-up Nigerian 
battalions, this increase presents a problem for UNAMID Supply, 
which requires a 60-day lead time to book rations and which does so 
based on a 680-troop battalion.  In the cases of both the Nigerians 
and the South Africans, Urquhart explained, Supply had inadequate 
time to prepare. 
 
6. (SBU) With regard to other battalions, the Acting CISS expressed 
concern about the tight window for getting accommodations up to even 
an "austere" level by the time some forces were scheduled to arrive 
in April.  He said that construction of the camp at Korma (intended 
for a Rwandan battalion) would begin in mid-April and would be able 
to accommodate troops by mid-July and would still need tentage even 
at that time.  Expansion of the camp at Silea (where the Ethiopians 
are to go) would begin mid-April and would be ready to receive 
troops by the end of May, although would not be completed until 
November.  Similarly, the Acting CISS said expansion of Kulbus (also 
intended for Ethiopians) would begin mid-May, would be ready for 
troops by end June and would be completed by December. 
 
7. (SBU) The Acting CISS noted that all bids for camp 
 
KHARTOUM 00000502  002 OF 002 
 
 
construction/expansion had been received.  However, he pointed out 
that UNAMID Director of Administration Mohamed Yonis is presently in 
Khartoum to "vet" the list of these contractors through the GoS' 
Committee on Darfur.  The Acting CISS noted that the GoS objected to 
the presence of any U.S. companies in Darfur on this project (of 
which PA&E is one) and expressed frustration with Yonis' unilateral 
decision to approach the GoS on this question.  At the end of the 
day, however, "if the Government doesn't want them in its country, 
then what can we do?"  FieldOff noted that the Status of Forces 
Agreement signed by the GoS and UNAMID was intended to apply to 
UNAMID contractors as well. 
 
8. (SBU) Comment: While these limitations on UNAMID's capacity to 
absorb troops are not the best of news, it is positive that DPKO and 
UNAMID are coordinating more effectively on troop deployments and 
laying out a realistic plan.  A better planned and managed 
deployment should ideally lead to a stronger and more effective 
UNAMID force in the face of the many challenges of operating in 
Darfur.  We will continue to press the issue of US contractors with 
the GOS. 
 
9. (U) Tripoli minimize considered. 
 
FERNANDEZ