I 1 ACTION SS-OO UNCLASSIFIED COO-00 SAs-oo 000w --399000 0302112 38 INFO LOG-00 0 0302002 JUL 04 EM USDEL SECRETARY To SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSI KHARTOUM IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSI CAIRO IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSI LONDON IMMEDIATE RARIS IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSI MOSCOW IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ROME IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY BERLIN IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY TOKYO IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY NAIROBI IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ASMARA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY DJIBOUTI IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY KAMRALA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY BANGUI IMMEDIATE AMEMEASSI MDJAMEMA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS IMMEDIATE USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE USMISSIOM USNATO IMMEDIATE AEB EL IMMEDIATE I Cr i tm uWTKnu WASEDC ww B1 1 403 a E II 42NSC WASHDC-IMMEDIATE I I A PARTO 00019 PASS TO NAIROBI FOR E O 12958 TAGS OVIP POWELL COLIN L OTRA PREL EAID PREF PGOV su- SUBJECT SECRETARY JUNE 30 MEETING WITH UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN l U CLASSIFIED BY DOUGLAS C GREENE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF STATE REASON 1 4 B AND D 2 U JUNE 30 2004 18 00 KHARTOUM SUDAN UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY ARCHIE BOLSTER 16 MAY 2007 200502170 UNCLASSIFIED 2 4 RELEASED IN PART UNCLASSIFIED 3 U PARTICIPANTS U S THE SECRETARY CHARGE GALLUCCI EMBASSY KHARTOUM ADMINISTRATOR NATSIOS USAID BOUCHER RA AMB RANNEBERGER VADM METZGER JCS ROBERT BEECROFT CLINTON BROWN NOTETAKER UNITED NATIONS SYG KOFI ANNAN AMBASSADOR MOHAMED SAHNOUN ALGERIA SECRETARY SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR AFRICA JAN EGELAND NORWAY UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS JAN PRONK NETHERLANDS UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SUDAN 4 C SUMMARY THE SECRETARY MET WITH THE UNSYG KOFI ANNAN ON JUNE 30 TO COMPARE NOTES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE MEETINGS WITH GOS OFFICIALS SHARE THEIR ASSESSMENTS OF EVENTS IN DARFUR AND TO DISCUSS THE WAY FORWARD ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT WITH THE GOS AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF REGION LALTHOUGH HE SECURED VERBAL i WEE 4 FOREIGN MINISTERALSMAIL ON A a SECRETARY TOLDRANNANFTHAT HE INTENDED PE KEEP THE THE GOS INCLUDING THE LTHREAT i RESOLUTION TO ENSURE THAT THE ITS COMMITMENTS ANNAN AGREED WITH THE SECRETARY ON THE PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE OF RESOLVING SECURITY ISSUES IN DARFUR AND DETAILED FOR THE SECRETARY THE ON-GOING EFFORTS AND PLANS TO BRING FOOD AND OTHER SERVICES TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IDPS IN DARFUR WHILE USG CONTRIBUTIONS HAD ENSURED THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH FOOD IN THE COUNTRY OTHER DONORS HAD FAILED TO FULFILL THEIR PLEDGES LEAVING THE UN SHORT OF CASH AND OTHER LOGISTICAL NECESSITIES END SUMMARY 5 C FRESH FROM HIS VISIT TO DARFUR THE SECRETARY SAID THAT ALTHOUGH AREAS WITHIN DARFUR WERE SUFFERING FOOD SHORTAGES IT WOULD BE INACCURATE TO SAY THAT THE DARFUR REGION WAS SUFFERING FROM FAMINE THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT THE MASS DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE AND THE THREATS OF DISEASE UNCLASSIFIED - - 5 a i '15 J 71- 33 swimaqua - J i I UNCLASSIFIED AND FAMINE WERE KILLING MORE PEOPLE THAN HUNGER THE SITUATION IN DARFUR STEMMED DIRECTLY FROM THE LACK OF SECURITY IN THE REGION THE SECRETARY EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO MAKE THE JINGAWEIT PROBLEM A PRIORITY FINDING A LABEL NOT AS IMPORTANT AS FINDING A SOLUTION 7 C EXPLAINING THAT VERBAL ASSURANCES IN THEIR FIRST MEETING HAD NOT ASSUAGED HIS CONCERNS THE SECRETARY PRESENTED A LIST OF ITEMS WHERE THE GOS COULD DEMONSTRATE REDIBILITY TO ADDRESS THE DARFUR CRISISai vying r UNCLASSIFIED B1 UNCLASSIFIED 8 C THE SECRETARY TOLD ANNAN THAT ISMAIL HAD AGREED TO EACH OF THESE POINTS EARLIER THAT SAME DAY IN THE COURSE OF THEIR VISIT TOGETHER TO DARFUR THE SECRETARY EXPRESSED AN EAGERNESS TO OBTAIN PUBLIC COMMITMENTS FROM ISMAIL DURING A JOINT PRESS APPEARANCE LATER THAT DAY SAYING WANT TO LOOK HIM IN THE FACE AND GET HIM ON TAPE AGREEING TO THESE '9 '2 J a El I 3-45-1572- 1 1 PE 3 1751i Lia 1 32 5 A '55 I 55 33 A - w HIS JUNE 30 MEETINGSCEWITHY THELGOS MINISTERS HOE ILL IL ZS fn fa HAD ECHOED FOCUS ON ADDRESSING THE LACK OF SECURITY IN DARFUR AS KEY TO RESOLVING THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR TOLD ANNAN THAT THE GOS WOULD DEPLOY 6 000 POLICE AND 300 OFFICERS To PROTECT PEOPLE IN DAREUR ANNAN PRESSED THE GOS AND WON AGREEMENT FOR EASED RESTRICTIONS FOR HUMANITARIAN WORK WHILE THE GOS WOULD NOT AGREE To SUSPEND VISA RULES ALTOGETHER THEY DID AGREE To ALLOW HUMANITARIAN WORKERS INTO THE COUNTRY WITH NOTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED NATIONS OR WITH VISAS 0N ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT ANNAN HAD FURTHER CAUTIONED THE GOS THAT SUDAN WOULD NOT REAP A NAIVASHA PEACE DIVIDEND BECAUSE INVESTORS WILL NOT RETURN UNTIL THE SITUATION IN DAREUR IS RESOLVED 10 C ANNAN AND UN UNDERSECRETARY FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS 1 UNCLASSIFIED I 4 UNCLASSIFIED JAN EGELAND REVIEWED CURRENT AND PLANNED UN ACTIVITIES TO RELIEVE SUFFERING IN DARFUR EXPLAINING THAT PRIVATE IN SUDAN WERE RELUCTANT TO USE THEIR OWN TRUCKS TO DELIVER FOOD WHILE DARFUR WAS STILL IN AN UNSTABLE SECURITY SITUATION ANNAN SAID THAT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM WOULD TRY TO BRING 200 TRUCKS TO DELIVER FOOD ASSISTANCE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT USG CONTRIBUTIONS HAD ENSURED THAT STOCKS OF FOOD WERE SUFFICIENT WITH MORE THAN 50 000 TONS IN COUNTRY ANNAN BEMOANED THE LACK OF CASH AND OTHER LOGISTICAL NECESSITIES SAYING DONORS HAVE NOT ACCORDING TO EGELAND ONLY 34 PERCENT OF THE PLEDGES MADE IN GENEVA HAD BEEN RECEIVED IN SUDAN I A I ANNAN SAID HE WOULD MAKE CALLS TO THOSE DONORS WHO HAD NOT DELIVERED AND THE SECRETARY SAID HE WOULD RAISE THE ISSUE EGELAND-SAID THAT EFFORTS WOULD BE HELPED BY BELGIAN DELIVERY OF A PROMISED C-130 EGELAND PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF RELIEF EFFORTS IN DARFUR OF 137 IDP CONCENTRATIONS THE UN HAD CONDUCTED NEEDS ASSESSMENTS IN 85 AND SECURITY ASSESSMENTS IN 105 AS OF JUNE 30 THE UN WAS PROVIDING SERVICES TO 75 LOCATIONS AND EXPECTED TO REACH 25 MORE BY THE END OF JULY BY WHICH TIME THE UN WOULD BE PROVIDING FOOD TO 1 MILLION IL OUT REMAININGCB7 LOCATIONS u1-H - v a A a TOLD MAKE AN ADDITIONAL CASH CONTRIBUTION OF $32 MILLION WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BRINGING THE TOTAL USG CONTRIBUTION TO $50 MILLION ACKNOWLEDGING CONCERNS THAT 13 U MINIMIZE CONSIDERED POWELL UNCLASSIFIED                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu