VZCZCXRO3526
PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHKUK RUEHMOS
DE RUEHGB #0411 0420712
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 110712Z FEB 06
FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
TO RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 0647
RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS PRIORITY 0148
INFO RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO PRIORITY 0213
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2626
RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000411 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AMMAN FOR ISU AND REFCOORD CLAIRE KANESHIRO 
CAIRO FOR REFCOORD GERRY CHEYNE 
STATE FOR PRM/ANE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ
SUBJECT: REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE 
COORDINATOR CAMILLE HILL 
 
REF: A. STATE 21922 
 
     ¶B. STATE 19344 
 
¶1. Country Clearance is requested for the February 19- 
March 4 travel of Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille 
Hill to 
Jordan and Syria.  RefCoord is joining PRM/ANE Office 
Director Richard Albright and PRM/ANE Iraq Program 
Officer 
Liana Brooks-Rubin for meetings in Amman and Syria 
February 22 to March 3.  Ms. Hill has already has filed 
an electronic country clearance request for Jordan with 
ISU-Amman including requests for assistance with 
necessary hotel, regional air, and ground transportation 
arrangements, and is coordinating hotel arrangements in 
Syria with Amman Refugee Coordinator Claire Kaneshiro. 
No additional Embassy assistance is required. 
 
¶2. While in Jordan, Ms. Hill will meet with officials 
from UNHCR, CENTCOM, EUCOM, and Embassy Ankara, and 
PRM/ANE to discuss the future of Iraq's Makhmour Refugee 
Camp.  Ms. Hill and PRM/ANE will have separate meetings 
with UNHCR and IOM to discuss future USG support for the 
Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration.  Ms. Hill 
will also consult with Amman-based UNHCR and IOM 
officials working on other PRM-funded projects for Iraqi 
refugees and with ISU-Amman budget officials.  If time 
permits, Ms. Hill will monitor and evaluate ICMC's PRM- 
funded project for Extremely Vulnerable Iraqis (EVIs) in 
Jordan in coordination with Amman RefCoord. 
 
¶3.  While in Syrian, Ms. Hill will join the meetings 
arranged for Mr. Albright and Ms. Brooks-Rubin.  They 
will consult with 
government officials and representatives from UNHCR and 
NGOs working on refugee issues and returnee policies and 
programs. 
 
¶4.  Ms. Hill's proposed itinerary is as follows: 
 
February 19 - depart Baghdad and arrive Amman on Royal 
Jordanian flight TBD with ISU Amman 
February 20-21 - consult with IOM, UNHCR, Amman RefCoord 
and ISU Amman.  Monitor and Evaluate ICMC EVI project 
when possible. 
February 22 - Meeting on Makhmour Camp 
February 23 - Meeting on MODM Capacity Building 
February 24-25 - Tour of UNHCR refugee camps and 
facilities 
February 26-28 - continue consultations 
February 28 - 20:30 depart Amman for Damascus on Royal 
Jordanian 435 
February 28 - 21:25 arrive Damascus 
March 1-2 - Syria visit 
March 3-4 - Depart Damascus for Baghdad via Amman with 
overnight in Amman if schedule requires; details TBD with 
ISU Amman 
 
¶5.  Ms. Hill holds a TS clearance. Ms. Hill will be 
traveling to between Baghdad and Jordan on tourist 
passport no. Z7997731 since her diplomatic passport was 
sent to Washington for a Syrian visa.  PRM/ANE will 
deliver her diplomatic passport to her in Amman and she 
will continue to Syria on diplomatic passport no. 
900347751 
 
 
KHALILZAD