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E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
SUBJECT: UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS JUNE 4 - 10, 2008. 
 
¶1. On June 13, Security Council President Khalilzad (United States) 
transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on 
UN field operations covering the period of June 4-10, 2008. 
 
¶2. Begin text of briefing note: 
 
Africa 
 
--Burundi (BINUB):  On 9 June, Government and FNL delegations 
participated in the meeting of the Group of Special Envoys for 
Burundi held in South Africa. The Government and FNL issued a joint 
declaration, reiterating their commitment to the peace process and 
appealing for further assistance from the international community. 
FNL Chairman Agathon Rwasa indicated that the questions of 
provisional immunity and the integration of FNL into national 
security institutions remained the main obstacles to the peace 
process. On 30 May, the National Assembly President submitted a 
letter to the Constitutional Court, which accused dissenting members 
of the ruling CNDD-FDD party of occupying National Assembly seats in 
violation of the Constitution. On 7 June, the Court declared the 
holding of seats by 22 dissenting members of the ruling party as 
unconstitutional. On 8 June, the FRODEBU party fractured, with 
former National Assembly and FRODEBU President Jean Minani forming a 
new faction of 12 MPs, backed by the 
CNDD-FDD. The creation of the new parliamentary faction and the 
Constitutional Court ruling restored the ruling party's majority at 
the National Assembly. On 9 June, current FRODEBU President 
Ngendakumana challenged the occupation of parliamentary seats by 
dissenting FRODEBU MPs and requested the National Assembly President 
to submit the case to the Constitutional Court. During the reporting 
period, national security forces continued to detain alleged FNL 
combatants. 
 
--Central African Republic (BONUCA):  On 8 June, President Frangois 
Boziz established a 15-member committee to help organize the 
inclusive political dialogue, a national reconciliatory process 
aimed to resolve the ongoing political and security crises in the 
Central African Republic (CAR).  On 7 June, President Boziz and his 
Minister dealing with dialogue matters rejected claims that the 
Government was not committed to the holding of the inclusive 
political dialogue.  On 5 June, former Defense Minister Jean-Jacque 
Demafouth, recently appointed leader of the APRD rebel movement, 
reaffirmed his commitment to the dialogue and willingness to return 
to the CAR, in an interview with Radio France Internationale (RFI). 
He also confirmed that the APRD fighters were encamped at their 
current locations, awaiting their demobilization and reintegration 
under the expected comprehensive peace agreement. 
 
--Chad/CAR (MINURCAT):  On 6 June, a Security Council delegation 
travelled to Chad, where it visited refugee camps and IDP locations 
in eastern Chad and met with 
Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas, in the absence of President 
Dby.  Some 50 vehicles carrying Chadian National Armed Forces 
(FANT) troops and material deployed around Adr during the week. On 
 
9 June, FANT troop reinforcements, travelling with an estimated 30 
vehicles, arrived in Farchana. Chadian authorities stated that the 
movement was a routine deployment. In another development, it was 
reported that elements of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) 
and Union des Forces pour la Dmocratie et le Dveloppement (UFDD) 
clashed on 3 June in the Iriba-Bahai-Tine triangle, during which JEM 
reportedly suffered significant losses and withdrew to Bahai. UN 
sources reported that the JEM rebel group may have been supported by 
elements of the FANT.  SRSG Angelo attended the meeting of the 
Contact Group of the Dakar Accord in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo 
on 9 June, as an observer. As of 10 June, MINURCAT's strength stood 
at 529 personnel, including 148 UNPOL and 23 MLOs.  EUFOR has 
deployed approximately 2,958 troops out of its authorized strength 
of 3,700. 
 
      --Ctte d'Ivoire (UNOCI):  The cantonment process of Forces 
nouvelles (FN) elements resumed in Bouak and Kani during the week. 
The process also commenced in Man and Odienn. Since 15 March 2008, 
3,994 FN combatants have been cantoned, out of which 2,768 have been 
demobilized, while 726 have been reassigned to the 'volunteer 
national army' and 500 to the Integrated Command Centre. However, 
only 86 weapons have been collected. On 3 June, FN authorities 
discovered considerable arms caches in Sgula and Kani. On 6 June, 
members of the diplomatic community discussed the status of the 
electoral process and UNOCI's role in supporting and securing the 
elections. The funding gap for operations of the Independent 
Electoral Commission for 2008 has narrowed to $17.5 million. On 9 
June, a Security Council delegation met in Abidjan with stakeholders 
in the Ivorian peace process and reiterated strong Council support 
for secure and credible elections on 30 November. On the same day, 
near Bouak, highway bandits robbed two vehicles of the 
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with ten people on 
board. 
 
--Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC):  On 4 June, the Joint 
Monitoring Group met at the Special Envoys' level in Rubavu, Rwanda, 
to review progress in the implementation of the Nairobi Communiqu. 
The participants highlighted the need for a firm approach to deal 
with FDLR leaders residing in Europe and North America and to weaken 
the group's economic supply line and other measures against the 
FDLR. On the same day, FDLR elements fired indiscriminately at an 
IDP camp near Kinyandonyi (70km north of Goma), killing six people 
and injuring another 20. The incident occurred when FDLR refused to 
withdraw from an area where the FARDC intended to deploy. Following 
this attack, MONUC established a Mobile Operating Base (MOB) in the 
area to prevent further attacks. On 5 June, Callixte Mbarushimana, 
FDLR Executive Secretary in Europe issued a statement condemning the 
incident and denying any FDLR involvement. The CNDP submitted a 
letter to the Mixed Technical Commission on Peace and Security 
(MTCPS), underscoring what it considered the Commission's lack of 
progress. On 9 June, Abb Malu Malu, National Coordinator of the 
Amani Programme, and the International Facilitation met with Laurent 
Nkunda in Kilolirwe to discuss the MTCPS proceedings and progress in 
the Goma and Nairobi processes, including the modalities for 
disengagement. On 5 June, the Movement for the Liberation of Congo 
(MLC) held a peaceful demonstration in Gemena in support of their 
leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, who remains in the custody of Belgian law 
enforcement authorities. 
 
--Ethiopia/Eritrea (UNMEE):  On 4 June, the Ethiopian Ministry of 
Defence released a report stating that in the last nine months, it 
had focused on enhancing the overall capability of the Ethiopian 
armed forces, and that the country was now fully prepared "for any 
attack" from Eritrea. - On 9 June, the Eritrean authorities 
officially notified UNMEE that there would be no aviation fuel 
available in Asmara until 7 July.  The Mission is ascertaining 
whether this restriction applies only to UNMEE.  On 6 June, UNDP's 
office in Asmara informed UNMEE that following completion of the 
resettlement programme for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) 
in the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ), all IDP camps in Eritrea have 
been closed.  The Ethiopian police in Zela Ambessa informed UNMEE 
that asylum-seekers continued to cross the border from Eritrea into 
Ethiopia in that area on the regular basis. 
 
--Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS):  President Yahya Jammeh of the Republic 
of Gambia will start on 10 June 2008 a four-day visit to 
Guinea-Bissau, at President Vieira's invitation aimed at improving 
friendship and cooperation between the two countries.  During a 
press conference on 5 June, Prime Minister Cabi announced that his 
Government had decided to adopt manual voter registration instead of 
the biometric method initially planned for the 16 November 2008 
legislative elections, in order to respect the date for the polls. 
On 4 June, the Secretary of State for Territorial Administration 
announced that voter registration would take place from 3 to 24 July 
¶2008. 
 
--Liberia (UNMIL):  On 4 June, the Ministers of Internal Affairs and 
Justice visited Harper, Maryland County, to meet with some 200 
citizens of Wetchoken village, who had been occupying the City Hall 
in Harper to protest the perceived indifference of the Government to 
a violent land dispute during May between them and the citizens of 
Rock Town, Maryland County. On 6 June, the House of Representatives 
began a three-day retreat in Buchanan, 
Grand Bassa County, to review the 2008/2009 national budget. On 7 
June, following a land dispute in Margibi County, a group of armed 
men opened fire on 45 farm labourers, killing one person. On 9 June, 
the Deputy Information Minister for Public Affairs reported on UNMIL 
radio that a national agricultural programme called "Get Back to the 
Soil" would be launched as part of the Government's efforts to 
tackle the global rise in food prices. During the week, with the 
assistance of UNHCR, 269 Liberian refugees voluntarily returned from 
Ghana on UNMIL's aircraft. 
 
--Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL):  On 6 June, a delegation from the 
Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), led by Ambassador Frank Majoor, 
Chairman of the PBC Sierra Leone Country Specific Meeting, ended a 
five-day visit to Sierra Leone.  On 5 June, Parliament adopted the 
Finance Act, which is one of the International Monetary Fund's 
preconditions for the release of donor funds for budget support to 
the country. The Political Parties Registration Commission and the 
International Federation for Elections Systems held joint gender and 
peace forums from 5 to 6 June and peace rallies on 7 June throughout 
the country. These events focused on enhancing the participation of 
women in the local elections and encouraging the holding of peaceful 
elections. 
 
--Somalia (UNPOS):  The second round of Somalia peace talks, 
concluded on 9 June with the signing of an Agreement between the 
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for the 
Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS). The Agreement provides for the 
cessation of hostilities by both parties for an initial period of 90 
days, starting 30 days from the signing of the agreement; an 
agreement to submit a request to the Security Council, within the 
next four months, to authorize and deploy an international 
stabilization force from friendly countries, excluding neighboring 
States; an agreement by the TFG to act in accordance with the 
Ethiopian Government's decision to withdraw its troops from Somalia 
following the deployment of UN forces and the establishment, within 
15 days, of a Joint Security Committee, led by the UN, to ensure the 
implementation of agreed security agreements and another High-Level 
committee to address challenges related to political, justice and 
reconciliation issues.  Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, an opposition 
hardliner, has characterised the recent Agreement as an 
inconsequential one which will not result in peace. 
 
--Sudan (UNMIS and UNAMID): 
 
UNMIS 
 
On 8 June, Sudan's Presidency signed a new "Road Map for Return of 
IDPs and Implementation of the Abyei Protocol", addressing the 
situation in Abyei after heavy fighting between the parties in May 
displaced over 50,000 people. The Road Map provided for: 1) 
establishment of a civil administration in Abyei within temporary 
boundaries; 2) new security arrangements, and the lifting of some 
movement restrictions on UNMIS; 3) a facilitated return of IDPs; and 
 
4) establishment of a specialized arbitration body to resolve the 
conflict over Abyei's borders within six months, failing which the 
parties would refer the issue to the Permanent Court of Arbitration 
in the Hague. Both parties welcomed the agreement, but some, 
including the head of the Misseriya-led Abyei Liberation Front, 
expressed reservations. Negotiations over Abyei coincided with the 
visits of a Security Council delegation and (separately) US Special 
Envoy Richard Williamson. The Security Council met President Bashir, 
First Vice-President Kiir and other senior officials on 4 June. On 3 
June, Williamson announced the suspension of the ongoing talks on 
normalizing US-Sudanese relations owing to the crisis over Abyei. 
The security situation remained tense throughout the week with 
continued reports of movements of troops and equipment towards 
Abyei, and various shooting incidents in Southern Kordofan State. 
UNMIS also received unconfirmed reports of a new JEM military base 
established in Southern Kordofan on 4 June. In southern Sudan, the 
SPLA began disarmament operations mandated by the Government of 
southern Sudan. On 4 June, a disarmament exercise near Hiyala Payam 
(40 km S.E. of Torit) was resisted by villagers, resulting in the 
deaths of 14 SPLA soldiers. On 5 June, a group suspected to be the 
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacked the SPLA Nabanga Garrison camp 
in Western Equatoria State, killing the SPLA company commander as 
well as 13 other soldiers and nine civilians. 
 
UNAMID 
 
On 4 June, two armed men broke into the Medecins Sans 
Frontieres-Swiss guest house in Golo (40 km northeast of Zalingei) 
and stole 12,000 US dollars from the safe.  The incident was 
reported to the local Government authorities in Golo, who accused 
Medecins Sans Frontieres of assisting the rebels and told the NGO to 
leave Golo.  Negotiations began regarding this issue.  Following the 
10 May JEM attack on Omdurman, at least 13 civilians, including one 
national UN staff member, have been arrested by Sudanese National 
Intelligence authorities in West Darfur.  Five of the detainees were 
released, four continued to be detained in El Geneina National 
Intelligence facilities, and four were transferred to Khartoum. 
UNAMID officially requested a list of the detainees transferred to 
Khartoum, which has not yet been made available.  Since 3 June, 
INGOs in Garsilla (70 km south of Zalingei in West Darfur) have been 
denied travel permits to locations outside the town by the Sudanese 
Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC).  HAC has declared the area 
insecure due to ongoing Sudanese Armed Forces operations against JEM 
in the Wadi Saleh area (near Garsilla).  To assist the State 
Statistic Bureau, UNAMID organized the retrieval of census materials 
and equipment of the Fifth Population and Housing Census from 
various localities in the state using UNAMID air assets.  Another 
request was made to UNAMID to assist in transporting the census 
materials to Khartoum.  Approximately 1,100 individuals have 
reportedly moved from Sani Afundu to Yasin (South Darfur) over the 
reporting period due to continued tribal clashes and general 
insecurity.  UNAMID's military component currently comprises 7,834 
military personnel (out of 19,555 authorized) and its police 
component includes 1,653 police officers and one Formed Police Unit 
(out of 3,772 police officers and 19 Formed Police Units 
authorized). 
 
Asia and Middle East 
 
--Afghanistan (UNAMA):  On 4 June, the Upper House of the Afghan 
Parliament passed the Oil and Gas Law, and the Lower House passed 
the Pharmaceutical, Statistics, Military Tribunal and Salary of 
Civil Servants laws. During the reporting period, anti-government 
elements attacked schools in Sholgara District (Balkh Province), 
Qush Tepa District (Jawzjan Province), and Khanabad District (Kunduz 
Province), damaging the buildings. Other attacks by anti-government 
elements throughout the reporting period in Qalat and Tarnak Wa 
Jaldak Districts (Zabul Province), Khash Rod District (Nimruz 
 
Province), Poshte Rod District, (Farah Province), Shwak District 
(Paktya Province), Nawur District, Qarabagh District, and Ghazni 
City (Ghazni Province), Spin Boldak District (Kandahar Province), 
Jaji Maidan District (Khost Province), Manogai District (Kunar 
Province), Reg, Desho, and Sangin Districts (Hilmand Province), 
Tagab District (Kapisa Province), and in Tirin Kot (Uruzgan) 
resulted in the deaths of 12 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers, 
two civilians, and three international military troops. One Afghan 
National Army (ANA) soldier, 17 ANP officers, one international 
military officer, and 41 civilians were injured. On 8 June, the body 
of an Afghan media reporter, who had been abducted the previous day, 
was found in Lashkar Gah District (Hilmand Province). 
 
--India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP):  On 4 June, Pakistani Prime Minister 
Gilani, speaking to the media, advocated an expeditious, just and 
peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.  On 5 June, 
military observers from Field Station Domel observed seven people 
crossing the Line of Control (LOC) at Chakothi, 52 from the 
Pakistan-administered side and 52 from the Indian-administered side. 
 Also on 5 June, the Pakistani Army registered with UNMOGIP a 
complaint of ceasefire violations on the part of India.  UNMOGIP 
began conducting an investigation into the allegations.  During the 
reporting period, 10 suspected militants were reportedly killed and 
two civilians wounded in various conflict-related incidents in 
Bandipore, Baramulla, Kupwara, Pulwama, and Srinagar Districts. 
 
--Iraq (UNAMI):  On 5 June, UNAMI presented to the Government of 
Iraq its first set of analysis regarding Iraq's disputed internal 
boundaries, focusing on four specific districts in northern Iraq. 
During the press conference, SRSG de Mistura explained the 
underlying methodology and next steps, as well as stressing the need 
for Iraqi ownership of the process. During the reporting period, 
UNAMI engaged in high-level discussions with Iraqi interlocutors on 
how, through the constitutional review process, outstanding 
political issues could be solved. UNAMI continues to work closely 
with the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq (IHEC) in all 
electoral preparations. Planning is well underway for a voter 
registration update across all 18 provinces of Iraq which is 
expected to begin on 1 July. However, the new election law remains 
pending in the Council of Representatives. UNAMI and the Government 
of Iraq jointly organized a one-week anti-corruption workshop with 
UNDP and UNODC experts for representatives from leading Iraqi 
specialist agencies. UNAMI also participated in the first session of 
an inter-ministerial committee for reconstruction of Sadr City in 
Baghdad, chaired by Ministry of Displacement and Migration and a 
senior adviser to the Prime Minister. 
 
--Lebanon (UNIFIL):   During the period under review, UNIFIL 
observed a total of 40 violations of Lebanese air space by the 
Israel Defence Forces (IDF), including 16 by fixed-wing aircraft and 
24 by drones. UNIFIL also observed 22 Blue Line violations by 
Israeli cattle near UN position 4-31. UNIFIL protested all the 
violations to the IDF. On 4, 6 and 10 June, UNIFIL patrols were 
monitored and video-recorded by unidentified personnel in civilian 
 
cars near UN position 9-66, in the vicinity of Burjash Shamali 
refugee camp, and near UN position 1-26, respectively. In all cases, 
the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) was informed. Also on 4 June, a 
civilian vehicle drove quickly and aggressively towards a UNIFIL 
checkpoint southwest of Marjayoun, veering away at high speed at the 
last moment. The LAF were informed. In addition, on 6 June, UNIFIL 
was informed that three men had been observed burying tube-like 
objects on the beach, north of UN position 1-26. A joint UNIFIL and 
LAF patrol was dispatched to the location and found 15 holes on the 
beach, which were assessed to be old defence positions. UNIFIL and 
the LAF have launched an investigation into the matter. 
 
--Nepal (UNMIN): Efforts to form a unity government following the 
Constituent Assembly (CA) election of 10 April are continuing.  The 
technical committee formed by the three major parties-the Maoists, 
the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML)-to 
reach a consensus over power-sharing and constitution arrangements 
appeared to have made progress on certain issues ahead of the next 
meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) for 11 June.  All three 
parties finally agreed to amend the Interim Constitution to enable 
the legislature to vote out a future government by a simple, instead 
of the present two-thirds, majority.  Meanwhile, the Interim 
Government announced a 25 per cent gas price increase effective 10 
June, which sparked a series of protests across the country. 
 
--Timor-Leste (UNMIT):  On 4 June, the Council of Ministers formally 
revoked Government resolution 3/2008 of 17 February on the 
establishment of the Joint Command.  At the same time, it created a 
Centre for the Management of Crises, a permanent body under the 
auspices of the Ministry of Defence, to plan and train for eventual 
crises such as armed insurrection, natural disasters, and social and 
political unrest.  On 5 June, the armed forces (F-FDTL) commenced 
night patrols in several Dili neighbourhoods reportedly to deter 
fighting between martial arts groups.  At the 5 June meeting of the 
Trilateral Coordination Forum, the Government, UNMIT and the 
international security forces discussed, inter alia, the gradual 
handover of policing responsibilities from UNMIT to the national 
police (PNTL), and preparations for the Government's weapons 
collection plan.  Participants also identified as main emerging 
threats: violence by martial arts groups and drunken youth; the 
petitioners; illegal smuggling of goods, drugs and weapons; carrying 
of weapons and use of alcohol by off-duty members of the security 
forces; and frictions in communities receiving internally displaced 
persons.  On 5 June, SRSG Khare held his bi-monthly meeting with the 
NGO Forum, with discussion focusing on, inter alia, plans for the 
handover of policing responsibilities to the PNTL, justice and 
serious crimes, and anti-corruption initiatives. 
 
--Western Sahara (MINURSO): On 3 June, four Saharans, including 
three children, who were participating in the UNHCR 
Confidence-Building Measures programme of family exchange visits 
between the Morocco-controlled side and the Polisario-controlled 
side of the Territory, decided to stay west of the berm and not 
return to the camps near Tindouf, Algeria.  On 4 June, some 200 
 
people including Spanish NGO members and Saharans from the Tindouf 
camps gathered inside the buffer strip near Bir Lahlou to protest 
the presence of the berm and to raise awareness of the absence of 
freedom of movement for Saharans.  Meanwhile, MINURSO completed its 
investigation into reports by the Frente Polisario of air violations 
by the royal Moroccan Army on 1 June.   The allegations were not 
confirmed. 
 
Europe and Latin America 
 
--Georgia (UNOMIG): In the Zugdidi sector, UNOMIG reported training 
activities conducted by the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs in 
the security and restricted-weapons zones. 
 
--Cyprus (UNFICYP): UNFICYP continued to provide support to the 
talks in Working Groups and Technical Committees. The situation in 
the buffer zone remained calm, with only minor violations reported. 
De-mining activity continued, resulting in the clearance of two 
minefields.  The Ledra Street crossing point remained open without 
any incidents. 
 
--Haiti (MINUSTAH): During the reporting period, several kidnappings 
were reported in Port-au-Prince, Cap Haotien and in Port-de-Paix. On 
3 June, the Haitian National Police (HNP) and MINUSTAH conducted 
three joint special operations in Port-au-Prince which resulted in 
the arrest of 20 suspects.  On 4 June, at the initiative of a number 
of civil society organizations, an estimated 10,000 persons 
demonstrated peacefully in Port-au-Prince to voice concern about 
kidnappings. Both President Prval and Prime Minister-designate 
Robert Manuel met with different groups of parliamentarians to seek 
support for Mr. Manuel's nomination. On 7 June, an exchange of 
gunfire between the HNP and alleged criminals in Cit Soleil 
resulted in the death of one suspect and the arrest of another.  On 
8 June, MINUSTAH assisted the HNP in arresting a suspect for the 
murder of a police officer in October 2007.  Also on 8 June, on the 
occasion of the National Children's Day, the prosecutor ordered the 
release of 15 boys from a detention centre in Delmas where a total 
of 184 boys are being held. 
 
--Kosovo (UNMIK): On 6 June, Kosovo Serb municipal representatives 
who were elected in the 11 May Serbian municipal elections convened 
parallel "municipal assemblies" in Istok, northern Mitrovica, Pec, 
Prizren, Strpce and Zubin Potok, and on 9 June in Zvecan. During the 
reporting period, approximately 40 Kosovo Serb former employees 
continued to organise daily peaceful protests, demanding their 
reinstatement in the court in northern Mitrovic. 
 
End text. 
 
¶3.   Minimize considered. 
 
KHALILZAD