State Department cable to U.S. Missions and Embassies with talking points on the humanitarian situation in Iraq. The cable details the efforts the U.S. has made to ensure that civilians are not adversely impacted and that all persons are treated with dignity and respect. It also details the amount of money, food and medical supplies provided by the U.S. government in the effort to provide adequate humanitarian relief efforts.
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INFO OSCE POST COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS STATE 085403
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE, PHUM, PREL,
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ FOR
APRIL 3 OSCE PC
REF: EMAIL FREDERICK-SOBOTKA APR 2
1. IN PREPARING AN INTERVENTION ON THE HUMANITARIAN
SITUATION IN IRAQ FOR THE OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL MEETING
POST MAY DRAW FROM THE FOLLOWING TEXT:
TALKING POINTS:
MR. CHAIRMAN, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE U.S. HAS
TAKEN UNPRECEDENTED STEPS TO LIMIT THE ADVERSE HUMANITARIAN
CONSEQUENCES OF A CONFLICT WITH IRAQ AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE.
PRESIDENT BUSH HAS ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE SPECIFICALLY. FOR
EXAMPLE, HE SAID ON MARCH 23, WE HAVE MADE A PROMISE TO
THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO PROTECT INNOCENT LIFE." HE WENT ON TO SAY, "WE HAVE
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AN OBLIGATION--AND THIS IS JUST NOT AMERICA, IT'S COALITION
FORCES--HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PUT FOOD AND MEDICINE IN
PLACES SO THE IRAQI PEOPLE CAN LIVE A NORMAL LIFE AND HAVE
HOPE."
DURING THIS CONFLICT, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE UN AND OTHER
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, NGOS, OUR COALITION PARTNERS
AND OTHER DONORS TO MOVE QUICKLY TO GET AID TO PEOPLE WHO
NEED IT MOST.
TO DATE, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED NEARLY $124
MILLION TO UN AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR
ACTIVITIES TO ADDRESS HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OF THE IRAQI
PEOPLE. ANOTHER $20 MILLION HAS GONE TO SUPPORTING NGO
PROGRAMS, AND $16.3 MILLION TO THE PRE-POSITIONING OF NON-
FOOD COMMODITIES.
WE HAVE ASSEMBLED AND TRAINED THE LARGEST-EVER U.S.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE RESPONSE TEAM (DART), WHICH WILL BE
HEADQUARTERED IN KUWAIT CITY AND WILL HAVE THREE MOBILE
FIELD OFFICES. THE DART WILL CONDUCT ASSESSMENTS, DIRECT
ASSISTANCE TOWARDS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND PROVIDE
FUNDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND NGO
PROVIDERS.
THE COASTAL ROAD TO UMM QASR HAS BEEN DEEMED A PERMISSIVE
ENVIRONMENT BY COALITION FORCES, MEANING THAT NGOS CAN
BEGIN TO ASSESS HOW TO DISTRIBUTE HUMANITARIAN AID.
HUMANITARIAN DAILY RATIONS ARE BEING POSITIONED BY THE
MILITARY. OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND NGOS ARE ALSO WORKING TO
PRE-POSITION AID.
WE ARE ALSO PRE-POSITIONING STOCKPILES OF EMERGENCY
SUPPLIES AND COMMODITIES, INCLUDING FOOD, MEDICAL KITS,
BLANKETS AND SHELTER MATERIALS--THE LARGEST SUCH RELIEF
STOCKPILES WE'VE EVER HAD.
THE U.S., IN TOTAL, IS PROVIDING 610,000 METRIC TONS OF
FOOD WORTH $300 MILLION. TO GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR HOW LARGE
A QUANTITY THIS IS, JUST 110,000 METRIC TONS OF THIS FOOD
WILL FEED 2 MILLION IRAQIS FOR THREE MONTHS.
IN ADDITION, THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IS•DONATING $206.4 MILLION IN NON-FOOD AID, INCLUDING $62.5
MILLION FOR EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND PROGRAMS, $80 MILLION
FOR RECONSTRUCTION, $3.9 MILLION FOR TRANSITION INITIATIVES
AND $60 MILLION FOR WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONTINGENCY
PLANNING.
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THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S BUREAU FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND
MIGRATION HAS ALSO DONATED $36.6 MILLION TO VARIOUS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING UNHCR, ICRC AND IOM.
IF THE TREATMENT OF DETAINEES IS RAISED:
WE UNDERSTAND QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF
PRISONERS OF WAR. THE. U.S. AND IRAQ ARE PARTIES TO THE
1949 GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF
PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS).
THE UNITED STATES HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO ABIDE BY ITS
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE GENEVA CONVENTION, AND EXPECTS IRAQ
TO DO THE SAME.
WE ARE GIVING ICRC ACCESS TO THE IRAQI POWS. THE ICRC
BEGAN VISITING POWS HELD BY COALITION FORCES ON MARCH 31.
ONLY IF RAISED: THE EU RESOLUTION ON IRAQ AT THE UN
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS:
THE U.S. WELCOMES THE EU DRAFT RESOLUTION ON IRAQ AT THE UN
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS. A RESOLUTION ON IRAQ IS PUT
FORWARD ANNUALLY IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S
REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THAT COUNTRY.
WE WELCOME THE AIM OF•THE EU DRAFT RESOLUTION TO BRING TO
THE COMMISSION THE WIDESPREAD CONCERNS OF• THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY THE IRAQI
REGIME. THIS SHOULD REMAIN A FOCUS OF THE COMMISSION, AS
HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THE U.S. FEELS DEEP CONCERN FOR THE HUMANITARIAN PROBLEMS
OF THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ AND HAS LONG BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE
VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS SUFFERED BY THE IRAQI PEOPLE.
AS THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID, ONE MAJOR RESULT OF THE
COALITION'S MILITARY ACTION WILL BE TO ALLOW THE IRAQI
PEOPLE TO BUILD A GOVERNMENT BASED ON FREEDOM.
THE SPECIAL SITTING OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ON IRAQ
WAS DEFEATED ON MARCH 27..
ONLY IF RAISED AND PRESSED:
THE REJECTION OF THE SPECIAL SITTING OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION ON IRAQ SENDS A STRONG SIGNAL THAT THE
COLLECTIVE WILL OF LIKE-MINDED NATIONS CAN PREVAIL OVER
UNHELPFUL ATTEMPTS TO DIVERT HE COMMISSION'S FOCUS ON
UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS. WE ARE VERY PLEASED THAT IN THIS
EXTREMELY POLITICAL UN BODY, WHICH INCLUDES MANY HUMAN.
RIGHTS VIOLATORS, ITS MEMBERS REJECTED A SPECIAL SITTING.
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