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R 031228Z SEP 09
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY RABAT

UNCLAS STATE 091786 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MARR PREL
SUBJECT: U.S. GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE: 
PARTNERSHIP WITH MOROCCO 
 
REF: A. 06 STATE 116138 
 
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SUMMARY 
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¶1.  (U)  The Department requests that Post formally invite 
the Government of Morocco to participate in the Global Peace 
Operations Initiative (GPOI).  Under the of the GPOI program, 
the U.S. intends to provide peace operations training and 
other support to the Moroccan military so that it can continue 
to develop and sustain peace operations capacity.  An exchange 
of diplomatic notes notifying the Government of Morocco that 
the terms and conditions of its end-use, retransfer and 
security agreement with the United  States will apply to the 
articles and services provided pursuant to the GPOI program, 
and indicating Morocco's acceptance of the terms and 
conditions, will be necessary before GPOI assistance begins. 
 
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OBJECTIVES 
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¶2.  (U)  The Department requests that Post pursue the 
following objectives: 
 
-- Inform the Government of Morocco about the goals of the 
GPOI program and invite it to participate; 
 
-- Reinforce that countries that participate in GPOI should 
have a strong commitment to participate in future peace 
operations, although U.S.-funded GPOI assistance is not 
tied to any specific deployment as the U.S. recognizes that 
nations make sovereign decisions whether and when to 
deploy peace operations troops; 
 
-- Inform the Government of Morocco that the U.S. consults 
regularly with the UN, particularly with its Department of 
Peacekeeping Operations, on GPOI.  The UN is supportive of 
U.S. efforts under GPOI and believes the troops trained 
through GPOI will be a valuable resource for future UN 
peacekeeping operations; 
 
-- Inform the Government of Morocco that upon acceptance of 
our invitation to participate in GPOI, a diplomatic note 
will be forthcoming that will state that the terms and 
conditions of the Agreement regarding grants under the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, or successor 
legislation, and the furnishing of defense articles, related 
training, and other defense services, including pursuant to 
the United States International Military Education and 
Training Program, from the United States of America to the 
Government of the Kingdom of Morocco pursuant to the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, or successor legislation, effected by 
an exchange of notes at Rabat on July 21 and November 24, 
2006, will apply with respect to articles and services 
provided pursuant to the GPOI program. 
 
 
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REPORTING DEADLINE 
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¶3.  (U)  Post should report the results of the demarche by 
cable to PM/PPA ) Aiyaz Husain before October 1. 
 
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BACKGROUND 
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¶4.  (U)  GPOI was established as a Presidential initiative to 
address major gaps in international capacity to conduct peace 
operations.  The program,s mission is to build partner 
country capabilities to train and sustain peacekeeping 
proficiencies, increase the number of capable military troops 
and formed police units available for deployment, and facilitate 
the deployment of peacekeepers to UN or regional peacekeeping 
missions.  The first phase of GPOI (FY2005-2009) focused 
primarily on training and, as appropriate, equipping 75,000 
peacekeepers by 2010. Beginning on 1 October, GPOI will launch 
its second phase. Phase II (FY2010-2014) will assume a two-track 
approach: (1) building sustainable, indigenous capacity and (2) 
providing mission deployment support.  In particular, Phase II 
program activities will focus on assisting partner countries to 
achieve full operational capability to conduct indigenous, 
self-sustaining peace operations training. 
 
¶5.  (U) US Africa Command (USAFRICOM) is the executive agent 
for GPOI in Morocco.  USAFRICOM proposed Morocco as a 
potential GPOI partner for FY 2009 during the 
fall of 2008 and the GPOI Coordinating Committee agreed 
to that proposal this spring.  The current plan for 
Morocco is to provide training and facilities refurbishment 
to a peace operations training center in Morocco.  In order 
to ensure long term sustainability, the GPOI program 
incorporates train-the-trainer elements into its training 
events. 
 
¶6.  (U)  Before articles or services are provided pursuant to 
GPOI, the USG requires that end-use, security, and transfer 
obligations apply to such articles or services.  In 2006, 
Morocco entered into an agreement that may be applied to such 
articles and services. As the GPOI program is not currently 
within the scope of that agreement, a diplomatic note 
notifying the Government of Morocco that the terms and 
conditions of the Agreement apply with respect to articles 
and services provided pursuant to the GPOI program will be 
necessary and will be sent septel. 
 
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FUNDING AND LEAHY VETTING REQUIREMENT 
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¶7.  (U)  The U.S. plans to obligate up to $1,000,000 in FY 
2009 GPOI Peacekeeping  Operations (PKO) funding to 
enhance Morocco,s peacekeeping capabilities.  All 
individuals  and/or units receiving assistance must be vetted 
for gross violations of human rights prior/prior to receiving 
GPOI assistance (see reftel A for details). 
 
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METRICS AND EVALUATION 
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¶8.  (U)  PM has an Evaluation Team that tracks 
the results and accomplishments of the GPOI program.  If 
Morocco chooses to participate in the GPOI program, it will 
be critical that the Embassy Country Team (traditionally 
accomplished by the Office of Defense Cooperation 
reporting through AFRICOM) accurately captures the results 
(by name using a PM-provided checklist and roster) of 
GPOI-funded training events and/or document the individual 
items of equipment provided to Morocco.  In addition, it 
will be important to document numbers of troops/units that 
participate in indigenous peacekeeping training and the 
number of troops/units that deploy to actual peacekeeping 
missions.  The GPOI Evaluation Team will provide the 
Embassy Country Team the necessary reporting tools to 
easily and accurately record this data. 
 
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POINT OF CONTACT 
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¶9.  (U)  Please contact PM/PPA ) Aiyaz Husain at(202) 
647-6058 or via email at HusainA2@state.gov for any 
further background information. 
 
 
CLINTON