US embassy cable - 05DARESSALAAM155

C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 000155 
 
SIPDIS 
 
Department for S/WCI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 1/25/15 
TAGS: PREL, KAWC, SU, TZ 
SUBJECT: Tanzania to study Sudan Tribunal Concept 
 
REF: STATE 11751 
 
Classified by Charge C. Stillman for reasons 1.4(B) 
and (D) 
 
1. (C) Charge d'Affaires Christopher Stillman, accompanied 
by Poloff, met January 26 with the Foreign Ministry's 
Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Liberata 
Mulamula.  Ambassador Mulamula listened carefully to the 
concept for a Sudan Tribunal outlined in Reftel. 
Ambassador Mulamula said that she found the proposal 
"attractive" on first hearing.  She said that the Foreign 
Ministry would need to consult internally to assess the 
impact on their relations with Sudan and the continent of 
hosting a joint UN-AU Sudan Tribunal.  She said that if the 
UN Security Council were involved, and if there were 
intensive consultations within the AU and the UN, then 
"Tanzania would not stand in the way," and would fulfill 
its obligations as a host. 
 
2.(C) Ambassador Mulamula observed that the Tanzanian 
government was already discussing transition strategies for 
Arusha, after the ICTR's mandate expires in 2008.  She 
noted that the ICTR's international staff fueled much of 
the local economy.  The ICTR had built considerable 
infrastructure, and well as considerable expertise among 
its local staff.  She thought that Arusha's infrastructure 
could readily absorb 800 international staff that might be 
attached to an AU-UN Sudan Tribunal.  She also thought that 
much of ICTR staff could be absorbed "seamlessly" into the 
new Tribunal. 
 
3. (C) While she was generally enthusiastic about the Sudan 
Tribunal concept, Ambassador Mulamula nonetheless 
introduced a cautionary note.  She said that if the UN 
Commission of Inquiry Report concludes that genocide has 
occurred in Darfur, then it would be a "different matter," 
requiring ICC involvement.  "I know your government's 
position on the ICC," she said, "but it has a full mandate 
on these atrocities."  She said that we would need to 
continue consultations, to arrive at the best solution for 
the African Union, the International Community and the 
Sudanese people. 
 
STILLMAN