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Viewing cable 06KUWAIT1352, KUWAIT: UN SOMA PASSED BY COMMITTEE BUT NOT BY

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KUWAIT1352 2006-04-19 13:38 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kuwait 
VZCZCXRO7848
PP RUEHBC RUEHDA RUEHDE RUEHIHL RUEHKUK RUEHMOS
DE RUEHKU #1352 1091338
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 191338Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
TO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 3060
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4033
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUMICEA/USCENTCOM INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
 
UNCLAS KUWAIT 001352 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, PM FOR RUGGIERO, AND IO/UNP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV IZ KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT: UN SOMA PASSED BY COMMITTEE BUT NOT BY 
FULL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 
 
REF: USUN 796 
 
1.  (U) Post has confirmed that, as of Monday April 17, the 
United Nations Status of Mission Agreement (SOMA) reputed to 
have passed in reftel has not yet been voted on in Kuwait's 
National Assembly (NA).  The UN SOMA has been approved by the 
NA's Foreign Affairs Committee.  Legislative action stalled 
following the death of the Amir and subsequent change in 
government.  The SOMA is currently not listed as an agenda 
item for this NA session which ends in July. 
 
2.  (U) In addition, there is some confusion as to the stated 
number of UN staff currently in Iraq.  Reftel states a total 
number of 250 while U.S. military contacts working 
side-by-side with UNAMI told poloff that UNAMI's 
administrative officer says there are one thousand staff 
members, both military and civilian, in Iraq at any given 
time.  The number was supplied to Humanitarian Operations 
Center (HOC) officers in a request to garner further GOK 
support for issuing visas for entry into Kuwait.  The HOC 
still serves as the clearinghouse for NGOs working in Iraq 
and one of its offices is co-located inside the UN compound. 
The UNAMI administrative officer used the figure in recent 
days to request continued access to the HOC's expedited visa 
issuing process.  Post raises this staffing differential 
(250/1000) to ensure that any decisions being made about 
UNAMI are done with the most accurate information and numbers 
available. 
 
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s 
 
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ 
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LEBARON