VZCZCXRO3439
PP RUEHROV
DE RUEHKH #1725 2001241
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 191241Z JUL 06
FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3788
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 0030
INFO RUCNIAD/IGAD COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS KHARTOUM 001725 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS EAID AU SU
SUBJECT:  JOINT COMMISSION MEETING TO BE CONVENED AFTER 
BRUSSELS PLEDGING CONFERENCE 
 
 
¶1.  In a letter dated July 16, the African Union office in Khartoum 
has informed the Embassy that a meeting of the Joint Commission will 
be convened at an unspecified date after the conclusion of the 
Brussels pledging conference. 
 
¶2.  The full text of the letter follows: 
 
(Begin text) 
 
Joint Commission Meeting 
 
You will recall that the 13th June 2006 meeting of the Joint 
Commission was inconclusive because of differences regarding the 
nature and extent of participation in the meeting by those who are 
not signatories to the DPA.  The meeting was suspended to allow for 
consultations on these issues and find a way forward.  It was agree 
that the Commission would reconvene soon after the AU Summit in 
Banjul.  Indeed, recent developments in Darfur have increased the 
necessity for the Joint Commission to start functioning well. 
 
The chairperson of the Commission, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, was 
nonetheless unable to convene the Joint Commission after the AU 
Summit because of the exigencies arising from developments on the 
ground in Darfur, which were very preoccupying and the preparations 
for the AMIS pledging conference scheduled to take place in Brussels 
on 18 July 2006.  He however wishes to inform that a consultative 
meeting with members of the Commission and observers from the 
international partners will be convened soon after the pledging 
conference and in light of what was discussed there, to sort out the 
contentious issue of participation and agree on how to proceed. 
 
Best regards, 
 
(signed) 
 
Mrs. Monique Mukaruliza 
Deputy Head of Mission 
 
(End text) 
 
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