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By ColomboTelegraph<\/a><\/span> \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPascoe, who recently visited Sri Lanka, questioned the credibility of GSL officials; no one believes they can meet their current timetable for moving people out of the camps. A\/S Blake agreed, saying he had urged the GSL to demonstrate some real successes on the ground, because nobody believes them anymore. The U.S.has stressed the importance of working with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and others to figure out a way to resettle significant numbers of IDPs. He noted the discussion within the USG on continuing to finance humanitarian assistance to IDPs in closed camps that do not meet international standards for treatment of displaced persons; the U.S.is exploring ways to use food aid and other assistance to support the returns process.\u201d US State Department wrote to US Embassy Colombo.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Robert Blake<\/p><\/div>\n

A classified diplomatic cable which details a meeting the US\u00a0Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs\u00a0Robert Blake<\/span> has had with\u00a0UN officials\u00a0on September 29, 2009.\u00a0The\u00a0Colombo Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0found the related US diplomatic cable from the\u00a0Secretary of State\u00a0section of the\u00a0WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database. The cable was classified as \u201cConfidential\u201d signed by\u00a0Hillary Clinton<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on September 30 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a September 29 meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly, UN Under-Secretaries General Pascoe and Holmes questioned the government of Sri Lanka’s credibility, especially on IDP returns, but said top UN officials would continue to press the GSL on the importance of allowing freedom of movement. The UN will not support new closed transit camps, and is urging that screened and low-risk IDPs be given freedom of movement. A\/S Blake expressed appreciation that U.S.and UN messages are in synch. Pascoe and Holmes offered to reinforce to GSL officials the importance of retaining the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sri Lanka, but have been asked by the ICRC to let it fight its own battles. Pascoe doubted that the GSL was prepared to take meaningful steps on accountability in the near-term before elections in early 2010, but suggested that a process for political reconciliation was beginning to take off. Blake briefed on the draft report to Congress on violations of international humanitarian law by both sides during the war. On Nepal, Pascoe noted concern about the government’s lack of urgency to bring the Maoists back into the political process; Indiatoo seemed complacent. The status quo risks a return to violence, he said.\u201d the\u00a0US State Department \u00a0further wrote.<\/p>\n

Under the subheading \u2018<\/strong>POLITICAL RECONCILIATION; ACCOUNTABILITY\u2019 they wrote \u201cBlake previewed for Holmes and Pascoe the report to Congress being prepared by the State Department Office of War Crimes Investigations (S\/WCI) on potential violations of international humanitarian law and crimes against humanity committed by both sides during the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka. He asked Holmes and Pascoe if there is discussion within the UN on supporting an accountability process in Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPascoe observed that the government is not yet prepared to take meaningful steps on accountability, but that political reconciliation is beginning to gain traction. The opposition Tamil National Alliance (TNA), for example, has shown some enthusiasm for engaging with the GSL. The UN continues to push on accountability. It would rather have the Sri Lankan government initiate a process that the UN could assist with, but if the government does not do it, then there are international mechanisms that could. Blake questioned President Rajapaksa’s decision to delay steps toward reconciliation and devolution until after spring 2010 elections, noting that he has already weakened and divided the political opposition; from his political perspective, any loss in nationalist votes would be offset by gains from liberals and Tamils.\u201d US State Department further wrote.<\/p>\n

Read the relevant parts of the cable;<\/strong><\/p>\n

VZCZCXRO8580\r\nOO RUEHBI RUEHCI RUEHNEH RUEHRN\r\nDE RUEHC #2030\/01 2740018\r\nZNY CCCCC ZZH\r\nO P 302358Z SEP 09\r\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC\r\nTO RUEHLM\/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO IMMEDIATE 6041\r\nINFO RUEHRL\/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 3804\r\nRUEHSW\/AMEMBASSY BERN PRIORITY 6614\r\nRUEHBY\/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA PRIORITY 5366\r\nRUEHLO\/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 6989\r\nRUEHNE\/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 6995\r\nRUEHNY\/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 8771\r\nRUEHOT\/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 6777\r\nRUEHFR\/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 6530\r\nRUEHRO\/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 2521\r\nRUEHSM\/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM PRIORITY 8154\r\nRUEHTC\/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE PRIORITY 6500\r\nRUEHKO\/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 0710\r\nRUEHCG\/AMCONSUL CHENNAI PRIORITY 9794\r\nRUEHNEH\/AMCONSUL HYDERABAD PRIORITY 0120\r\nRUEHCI\/AMCONSUL KOLKATA PRIORITY 3417\r\nRUEHBI\/AMCONSUL MUMBAI PRIORITY 2807\r\nRUEHRN\/USMISSION UN ROME PRIORITY 0731\r\nRUCNDT\/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 7963\r\nRUEHBS\/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY\r\nRUEHGV\/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 9427<\/pre>\n
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 102030 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 09\/30\/2019\r\nTAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER EAID ICRC UN IN CE NP\r\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA\/NEPAL: SCA A\/S BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 29,\r\n2009 MEETING WITH UN UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL\r\nAFFAIRS LYNN PASCOE AND UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR\r\nHUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS JOHN HOLMES \r\n\r\nClassified By: SCA A\/S Robert O. Blake, Jr.  Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>1.  (U) September 29, 2009; 12:00 p.m.; New York. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>2.  (SBU) Participants: \r\n\r\nU.S.\r\nSCA A\/S Blake\r\nDonald Camp, Senior Area Adviser, USUN\r\nDouglas Mercado, Adviser, Humanitarian Affairs, USUN\r\nAnthony Renzulli (SCA Notetaker) \r\n\r\nUN\r\nU\/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe\r\nU\/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes\r\nLisa Buttenheim, Director, Middle East and West Asia\r\nDivision, Dept. of Political Affairs\r\nAnne Gueguen-Mohsen, Political Affairs Officer, Dept. of\r\nPolitical Affairs\r\nAndrew Cox, Chief of Staff to U\/SYG Holmes \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>3.  (C) SUMMARY.  In a September 29 meeting on the margins of\r\nthe UN General Assembly, UN Under-Secretaries General Pascoe\r\nand Holmes questioned the government of Sri Lanka's\r\ncredibility, especially on IDP returns, but said top UN\r\nofficials would continue to press the GSL on the importance\r\nof allowing freedom of movement.  The UN will not support new\r\nclosed transit camps, and is urging that screened and\r\nlow-risk IDPs be given freedom of movement.  A\/S Blake\r\nexpressed appreciation that U.S. and UN messages are in\r\nsynch.  Pascoe and Holmes offered to reinforce to GSL\r\nofficials the importance of retaining the International\r\nCommittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sri Lanka, but have been\r\nasked by the ICRC to let it fight its own battles.  Pascoe\r\ndoubted that the GSL was prepared to take meaningful steps on\r\naccountability in the near-term before elections in early\r\n2010, but suggested that a process for political\r\nreconciliation was beginning to take off.  Blake briefed on\r\nthe draft report to Congress on violations of international\r\nhumanitarian law by both sides during the war.  On Nepal,\r\nPascoe noted concern about the government's lack of urgency\r\nto bring the Maoists back into the political process; India\r\ntoo seemed complacent.  The status quo risks a return to\r\nviolence, he said. END SUMMARY. \r\n\r\n----------------------\r\nSRI LANKA: IDP RETURNS\r\n---------------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>4.  (C) Pascoe, who recently visited Sri Lanka, questioned\r\nthe credibility of GSL officials; no one believes they can\r\nmeet their current timetable for moving people out of the\r\ncamps.  A\/S Blake agreed, saying he had urged the GSL to\r\ndemonstrate some real successes on the ground, because nobody\r\nbelieves them anymore.  The U.S. has stressed the importance\r\nof working with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)\r\nand others to figure out a way to resettle significant\r\nnumbers of IDPs.  He noted the discussion within the USG on\r\ncontinuing to finance humanitarian assistance to IDPs in\r\nclosed camps that do not meet international standards for\r\ntreatment of displaced persons; the U.S. is exploring ways to\r\nuse food aid and other assistance to support the returns\r\nprocess. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>5.  (C) Holmes said that his advice to the Sri Lankans is to\r\nopen the camps.  At the very least, allow freedom of movement \r\n\r\nSTATE 00102030  002 OF 003 \r\n\r\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA\/NEPAL: SCA A\/S BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 29,\r\n2009 MEETING WITH UN UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL\r\nAFFAIRS LYNN PASCOE AND UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL F\r\nfor screened and\/or low risk detainees; the UN will not\r\nsupport any new closed camps.  The GSL should not detain all\r\nIDPs out of concern for the presence of LTTE combatants.\r\nRather, it needs to begin to allow low-risk detainees to have\r\ngreater freedom of movement.  He noted that UNSYG Special\r\nRepresentative on the Human Rights of IDPs Walter Kaelin, who\r\nhad recently returned from Sri Lanka, pressed this point with\r\nPresidential Adviser Basil Rajapaksa.  The military,\r\naccording to Holmes, is concerned that recent returnees were\r\nnot properly screened. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>6.  (C) Pascoe observed that, during his visit, the GSL\r\nofficials wanted to show that they are doing something on IDP\r\nreturns, and they are.  Demining, for example, is proceeding,\r\nat least in the Mannar area.  Reconstruction in Mannar is not\r\na charade, he went on, but resettling 2,500 families is only\r\nthe tip of the iceberg.  Pascoe opined that the GSL is\r\noverwhelmingly concerned that if IDPs are not properly\r\nscreened, LTTE remnants in the camps could get their hands on\r\nremaining arms caches and trigger a bombing or other\r\nterrorist act before the elections.  Blake expressed\r\nskepticism that these remnants represented much of a threat,\r\nwith all of the top LTTE leadership either killed or\r\ncaptured.  More positively, Pascoe said, GSL officials are\r\nbeginning to recognize that they could better monitor former\r\nLTTE in their villages than in the camps, i.e., they are\r\nbeginning to form a security argument for expediting IDP\r\nreturns.  Indeed, the camps are a tinderbox; failure to\r\ndecongest Manik Farm poses significant security risks. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>7.  (C) Pascoe said UN officials would continue to travel to\r\nSri Lanka to \"pester\" GSL officials; the UN has no other\r\nleverage.  Following Kaelin and Pascoe, Holmes will travel to\r\nSri Lanka; then Pascoe or UNSYG Chief of Staff Vijay Nambiar\r\nwill return.  A\/S Blake noted that he and Assistant Secretary\r\nSchwartz would return to the region in the fall to reinforce\r\nthese points. \r\n\r\n------------------------\r\nPOLITICAL RECONCILIATION;\r\nACCOUNTABILITY\r\n-------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>9.  (C) Blake previewed for Holmes and Pascoe the report to\r\nCongress being prepared by the State Department Office of War\r\nCrimes Investigations (S\/WCI) on potential violations of\r\ninternational humanitarian law and crimes against humanity\r\ncommitted by both sides during the final stages of the\r\nconflict in Sri Lanka.  He asked Holmes and Pascoe if there\r\nis discussion within the UN on supporting an accountability\r\nprocess in Sri Lanka. \r\n\r\nSTATE 00102030  003 OF 003 \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>10.  (C) Pascoe observed that the government is not yet\r\nprepared to take meaningful steps on accountability, but that\r\npolitical reconciliation is beginning to gain traction.  The\r\nopposition Tamil National Alliance (TNA), for example, has\r\nshown some enthusiasm for engaging with the GSL.  The UN\r\ncontinues to push on accountability.  It would rather have\r\nthe Sri Lankan government initiate a process that the UN\r\ncould assist with, but if the government does not do it, then\r\nthere are international mechanisms that could.  Blake\r\nquestioned President Rajapaksa's decision to delay steps\r\ntoward reconciliation and devolution until after spring 2010\r\nelections, noting that he has already weakened and divided\r\nthe political opposition; from his political perspective, any\r\nloss in nationalist votes would be offset by gains from\r\nliberals and Tamils. \r\n\r\n----------------------------------\r\nNEPAL: COMPLACENCY IN BRINGING\r\nMAOISTS INTO THE POLITICAL PROCESS\r\n---------------------------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>11.  (C) Pascoe noted his meeting in New York with Nepali PM\r\nNepal, expressing concern about the GON's lack of urgency to\r\nbring the Maoists back into the political process.  India,\r\ntoo, had shown complacency, he said.  A lack of progress\r\nrisks a return to violence and civil war, Pascoe cautioned.\r\nBlake agreed, but questioned why it would be in India's\r\ninterest to favor the status quo.  He told Pascoe he would\r\nraise the issue with his Indian counterparts.\r\nCLINTON<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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