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02ROME5324
2002-10-31 07:27:00
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WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 -
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ROME 005324
SIPDIS
FROM U.S. MISSION IN ROME
STATE FOR AS/PRM DEWEY, A/S AFR KANSTEINER, U/S LARSON,
AFR/SA, PRM/P, EUR/WE AND IO/D
USAID FOR ADMINISTRATOR NATSIOS, AA/DCHA WINTER, AA/AFR,
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 ROME 05324 01 OF 03 310832Z
D/DCHA/FFP LANDIS, PPC/DP, PPC/DC
USDA/FAS FOR GSM KMILLER AND RTILLSWORTH
GENEVA FOR RMA AND NKYLOH/USAID
BRUSSELS FOR PLERNER
USUN FOR LSHESTACK
NSC FOR JDWOKEN
OMB FOR TSTOLL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN
SUBJECT: WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 -
REPORT OUT ON WFP'S RESOURCES CONSULTATION OF OCTOBER 25
-------
SUMMARY
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ROME 005324
SIPDIS
FROM U.S. MISSION IN ROME
STATE FOR AS/PRM DEWEY, A/S AFR KANSTEINER, U/S LARSON,
AFR/SA, PRM/P, EUR/WE AND IO/D
USAID FOR ADMINISTRATOR NATSIOS, AA/DCHA WINTER, AA/AFR,
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 ROME 05324 01 OF 03 310832Z
D/DCHA/FFP LANDIS, PPC/DP, PPC/DC
USDA/FAS FOR GSM KMILLER AND RTILLSWORTH
GENEVA FOR RMA AND NKYLOH/USAID
BRUSSELS FOR PLERNER
USUN FOR LSHESTACK
NSC FOR JDWOKEN
OMB FOR TSTOLL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN
SUBJECT: WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 -
REPORT OUT ON WFP'S RESOURCES CONSULTATION OF OCTOBER 25
--------------
SUMMARY
--------------
1. WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS)
ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS (MTS). EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REQUIRE 2.6 MILLION MTS,
EXCLUDING NORTH KOREA, WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND COTE
D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. PROJECTED
REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS
(PRROS) WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY TO 1.9 MILLION MTS, UP
FROM 1.2 MILLION TONS THIS YEAR. WITH THIS LARGE NUMBER OF
HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT
CONSIDERABLE STRAIN ON WFP'S ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE FOOD AID
REQUIREMENTS OF LESS HIGH-PROFILE, YET NO LESS NEEDY PRROS.
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT NEEDS ARE CALCULATED AT 846,580 MTS,
RELATED TO 35 APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMS, AND STAND-ALONE
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ROME 05324 01 OF 03 310832Z
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN 22 COUNTRIES. AMBASSADOR HALL
AFFIRMED CONTINUING STRONG USG SUPPORT TO WFP'S
INTERVENTIONS. END SUMMARY.
-------------- --------------
WFP RESOURCES CONSULTATION - OCTOBER 25, 2002 - SNAPSHOT OF
2002 CONTRIBUTIONS
-------------- --------------
2. ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE WFP
EXECUTIVE BOARD (OCTOBER 25),EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JIM MORRIS
PROVIDED A REVIEW FOR THE DONOR COMMUNITY OF 2002
CONTRBUTIONS AND ANTICIPATED WFP FOOD AID NEEDS FOR 2003. IN
2002, DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH OCTOBER 21 EQUALED USD
1.51 BILLION, TOWARDS WHICH THE U.S. HAS CONTRIBUTED USD
846.5 MILLION (56 PERCENT). THIS FUNDING, TOGETHER WITH
CARRY-OVER PLEDGES AND REPROGRAMMING OF SAVINGS FROM
PREVIOUS YEARS, HAS MOBILIZED ROUGHLY 3.5 MILLION METRIC
TONS (MTS) OF FOOD.
3. IN 2002, WFP EMERGENCY FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS AMOUNT TO
2.8 MILLION MTS, WORTH SOME USD 1.4 BILLION. 36 PROTRACTED
RELIEF AND RECOVERY (PRRO) OPERATIONS WORLDWIDE REQUIRE AN
ADDITIONAL 835,623 MTS, VALUED AT USD 493 MILLION. AND
DEVELOPMENT, REHABILITATION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
PROGRAMS HAVE RECEIVED USD 186 MILLION IN FUNDING, PROVIDING
608,000 MTS, ABOUT 20 PERCENT SHORT OF THE ANTICIPATED
DELIVERY LEVEL OF 748,000 MTS.
--------------
WFP'S 2003 REQUIREMENTS
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 04 ROME 05324 01 OF 03 310832Z
--------------
4. WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS)
ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS, EXCLUDING ANTICIPATED
EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF KOREA AS WELL AS WFP EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CURRENTLY UNDER
FORMULATION IN THE DROUGHT-AFFECTED WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND
IN COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS.
GLOBAL PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS ARE SOME 1.4 MILLION TONS
HIGHER THAN THOSE THAT WERE FORECASTED THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
2003 ESTIMATED WFP NEEDS INCLUDE 2.6 MILLION METRIC TONS
(MTS) FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, 1.9 MILLION MTS FOR
PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS AND 847,000 MTS
FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS. APPROXIMATELY 75
PERCENT OF THE 2003 EMERGENCY FOOD REQUIREMENTS ARE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MASSIVE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN
AFRICA AND THE WIDESPREAD DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA.
5. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY
OPERATIONS (PRROS) WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY, UP FROM 1.2
UNCLASSIFIED
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ACTION SSO-00
INFO LOG-00 AF-00 AID-00 ANHR-00 EUR-00 E-00 UTED-00
TEDE-00 IO-00 NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 SS-00 TEST-00
PRM-00 SAS-00 /003W
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P 310727Z OCT 02
FM AMEMBASSY ROME
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6675
INFO EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY BEIJING
AMEMBASSY SEOUL
AMEMBASSY TOKYO
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
AMEMBASSY BERN
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
USDA FAS WASHDC 2383
USEU BRUSSELS 2905
USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 ROME 005324
SIPDIS
FROM U.S. MISSION IN ROME
STATE FOR AS/PRM DEWEY, A/S AFR KANSTEINER, U/S LARSON,
AFR/SA, PRM/P, EUR/WE AND IO/D
USAID FOR ADMINISTRATOR NATSIOS, AA/DCHA WINTER, AA/AFR,
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 ROME 05324 02 OF 03 310832Z
D/DCHA/FFP LANDIS, PPC/DP, PPC/DC
USDA/FAS FOR GSM KMILLER AND RTILLSWORTH
GENEVA FOR RMA AND NKYLOH/USAID
BRUSSELS FOR PLERNER
USUN FOR LSHESTACK
NSC FOR JDWOKEN
OMB FOR TSTOLL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN
SUBJECT: WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 -
REPORT OUT ON WFP'S RESOURCES CONSULTATION OF OCTOBER 25
MILLION TONS THIS YEAR. THIS IS DUE IN PART TO THE EXPANDING
PRRO PORTFOLIO, NOW NUMBERED AT 36 OPERATIONS WORLD-WIDE,
AND IS A RESULT OF DRAMATICALLY INCREASED RELIEF NEEDS IN
SELECTED OPERATIONS SUCH AS ANGOLA, IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE
2002 PEACE ACCORD. SIMILARLY, INCREASED PRRO NEEDS ARE
REPORTED IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND SRI LANKA. IN
UGANDA, THE ESCALATION IN THE CONFLICT IN THE NORTH HAS
EXACERBATED THE VULNERABILITY OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED
PERSONS (IDPS) AND REFUGEES. FUNDING FOR THE ALGERIA PRRO
(WESTERN SAHARAN REFUGEES) IS BEING REPORTED SEPTEL.
6. WITH THIS LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY
OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT CONSIDERABLE STRAIN ON
WFP'S ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS OF LESS
HIGH-PROFILE, YET NO LESS NEEDY PRROS, SUCH AS: BANGLADESH,
ETHIOPIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (EXCLUDING KOSOVO),
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ROME 05324 02 OF 03 310832Z
GUINEA BISSAU, IRAQ, IRAN, KENYA, MYANMAR, NEPAL, SOMALIA
AND YEMEN. MOST OF THESE OPERATIONS ASSIST VULNERABLE
REFUGEES AND IDPS WHO DEPEND ALMOST ENTIRELY ON WFP FOR
THEIR SUSTENANCE.
-------------- --------------
AMBASSADOR HALL'S AFFIRMATION OF CONTINUING U.S. SUPPORT TO
WFP
-------------- --------------
7. AMBASSADOR TONY HALL, IN RESPONDING FOR THE U.S.
DELEGATION, AFFIRMED THAT WFP CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT
PARTNER IN ENSURING THAT MILLIONS OF CHILDREN AROUND THE
WORLD HAVE A MEAL EVERY DAY. HE NOTED THAT PRESIDENT BUSH
SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED WFP IN HIS OCTOBER 23 PROCLAMATION
FOR UNITED NATIONS DAY, LAUDING WFP FOR "HELPING TO AVERT A
SEVERE FAMINE THAT THREATENED AFGHANISTAN."
8. HALL CONFIRMED THAT USAID HAD AGREED TO PROVIDE USD 200
MILLION TO WFP FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE TWENTIETH BIENNIUM
PLEDGE PERIOD (2003-2004). THIS REPRESENTS A 23 PERCENT
INCREASE TO USAID'S ANNUAL PLEDGE AMOUNT, AND INCLUDES A
DOUBLING OF USAID'S CASH CONTRIBUTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS. HE REMINDED THAT THIS AMOUNT REPRESENTS A FLOOR FOR
USAID SUPPORT, NOT A CEILING.
9. HALL ALSO HIGHLIGHTED USAID'S DECISION TO INITIALLY
PROVIDE 100,000 METRIC TONS OF WHEAT - WITH A VALUE OF USD
40 MILLION DOLLARS - FOR THE LOOMING CRISIS IN ETHIOPIA,
WHILE REMINDING THAT THE NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE HORN OF AFRICA
REGION ARE LIKELY TO BE FAR GREATER. "YET EVEN WITH THESE
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 04 ROME 05324 02 OF 03 310832Z
COMMITMENTS, THE U.S. WOULD BE REMISS IN NOT POINTING OUT
THAT WORLD MARKET PRICES FOR COMMODITIES THIS YEAR HAVE
SKYROCKETED. THE PRICE FOR MAIZE AND RELATED PRODUCTS IS UP
65 PERCENT, WHEAT 60 PERCENT. DONATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
KEEP PACE WITH THE PRICE INCREASES AND THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF
ACTUAL FOOD PROVIDED FOR 2003 WILL CERTAINLY BE LESS THAN
PREVIOUS YEARS. SURPLUSES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE DWINDLED.
THE NUMBER OF HUNGRY PEOPLE HAS NOT."
--------------
OTHER DONORS
--------------
10. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION INCREASED ITS SUPPORT TO WFP IN
2002 TO APPROXIMATELY USD 154 MILLION, A 50 PERCENT INCREASE
COMPARED WITH 2001. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM
HAVE GONE UP FROM USD 27.6 MILLION TO USD 56.7 MILLION.
GERMANY'S CONTRIBUTIONS ARE UP BY EIGHT PERCENT, AUSTRALIA
BY 39 PERCENT, NORWAY BY 34 PERCENT AND BOTH SWEDEN AND
IRELAND BY 26 PERCENT. FINALLY, SAUDI ARABIA HAS DOUBLED ITS
CONTRIBUTION THIS YEAR TO USD 4.2 MILLION. YET DESPITE THESE
UNCLASSIFIED
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ACTION SSO-00
INFO LOG-00 AF-00 AID-00 ANHR-00 EUR-00 E-00 UTED-00
TEDE-00 IO-00 NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 SS-00 TEST-00
PRM-00 SAS-00 /003W
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P 310727Z OCT 02
FM AMEMBASSY ROME
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6676
INFO EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY BEIJING
AMEMBASSY SEOUL
AMEMBASSY TOKYO
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
AMEMBASSY BERN
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
USDA FAS WASHDC 2384
USEU BRUSSELS 2906
USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ROME 005324
SIPDIS
FROM U.S. MISSION IN ROME
STATE FOR AS/PRM DEWEY, A/S AFR KANSTEINER, U/S LARSON,
AFR/SA, PRM/P, EUR/WE AND IO/D
USAID FOR ADMINISTRATOR NATSIOS, AA/DCHA WINTER, AA/AFR,
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 ROME 05324 03 OF 03 310833Z
D/DCHA/FFP LANDIS, PPC/DP, PPC/DC
USDA/FAS FOR GSM KMILLER AND RTILLSWORTH
GENEVA FOR RMA AND NKYLOH/USAID
BRUSSELS FOR PLERNER
USUN FOR LSHESTACK
NSC FOR JDWOKEN
OMB FOR TSTOLL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN
SUBJECT: WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 -
REPORT OUT ON WFP'S RESOURCES CONSULTATION OF OCTOBER 25
ENCOURAGING SIGNS, AS OF OCTOBER 21 (COMPARED
WITH MID-OCTOBER 2001),OVERALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DOWN BY
USD 64.1 MILLION. IT IS NOTED THAT HISTORICALLY STRONG
SUPPORTERS CANADA AND FRANCE HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY
LESS THIS YEAR.
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COMMENT
--------------
11. WAR AND DROUGHT (PARTICULARLY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA)
HAVE DRASTICALLY RATCHETED UP HUMANITARIAN FOOD AID NEEDS.
IN 2002, 32 COUNTRIES FACED EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES,
WITH AN ESTIMATED 67 MILLION PEOPLE REQUIRING EMERGENCY FOOD
AID AS A RESULT. UNFORTUNATELY, AS PER WFP'S ESTIMATES, 2003
PORTENDS MORE OF THE SAME. HALL
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ROME 05324 03 OF 03 310833Z
UNCLASSIFIED
>
2002ROME05324 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
SIPDIS
FROM U.S. MISSION IN ROME
STATE FOR AS/PRM DEWEY, A/S AFR KANSTEINER, U/S LARSON,
AFR/SA, PRM/P, EUR/WE AND IO/D
USAID FOR ADMINISTRATOR NATSIOS, AA/DCHA WINTER, AA/AFR,
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 ROME 05324 01 OF 03 310832Z
D/DCHA/FFP LANDIS, PPC/DP, PPC/DC
USDA/FAS FOR GSM KMILLER AND RTILLSWORTH
GENEVA FOR RMA AND NKYLOH/USAID
BRUSSELS FOR PLERNER
USUN FOR LSHESTACK
NSC FOR JDWOKEN
OMB FOR TSTOLL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN
SUBJECT: WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 -
REPORT OUT ON WFP'S RESOURCES CONSULTATION OF OCTOBER 25
--------------
SUMMARY
--------------
1. WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS)
ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS (MTS). EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REQUIRE 2.6 MILLION MTS,
EXCLUDING NORTH KOREA, WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND COTE
D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. PROJECTED
REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS
(PRROS) WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY TO 1.9 MILLION MTS, UP
FROM 1.2 MILLION TONS THIS YEAR. WITH THIS LARGE NUMBER OF
HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT
CONSIDERABLE STRAIN ON WFP'S ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE FOOD AID
REQUIREMENTS OF LESS HIGH-PROFILE, YET NO LESS NEEDY PRROS.
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT NEEDS ARE CALCULATED AT 846,580 MTS,
RELATED TO 35 APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMS, AND STAND-ALONE
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ROME 05324 01 OF 03 310832Z
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN 22 COUNTRIES. AMBASSADOR HALL
AFFIRMED CONTINUING STRONG USG SUPPORT TO WFP'S
INTERVENTIONS. END SUMMARY.
-------------- --------------
WFP RESOURCES CONSULTATION - OCTOBER 25, 2002 - SNAPSHOT OF
2002 CONTRIBUTIONS
-------------- --------------
2. ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE WFP
EXECUTIVE BOARD (OCTOBER 25),EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JIM MORRIS
PROVIDED A REVIEW FOR THE DONOR COMMUNITY OF 2002
CONTRBUTIONS AND ANTICIPATED WFP FOOD AID NEEDS FOR 2003. IN
2002, DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH OCTOBER 21 EQUALED USD
1.51 BILLION, TOWARDS WHICH THE U.S. HAS CONTRIBUTED USD
846.5 MILLION (56 PERCENT). THIS FUNDING, TOGETHER WITH
CARRY-OVER PLEDGES AND REPROGRAMMING OF SAVINGS FROM
PREVIOUS YEARS, HAS MOBILIZED ROUGHLY 3.5 MILLION METRIC
TONS (MTS) OF FOOD.
3. IN 2002, WFP EMERGENCY FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS AMOUNT TO
2.8 MILLION MTS, WORTH SOME USD 1.4 BILLION. 36 PROTRACTED
RELIEF AND RECOVERY (PRRO) OPERATIONS WORLDWIDE REQUIRE AN
ADDITIONAL 835,623 MTS, VALUED AT USD 493 MILLION. AND
DEVELOPMENT, REHABILITATION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
PROGRAMS HAVE RECEIVED USD 186 MILLION IN FUNDING, PROVIDING
608,000 MTS, ABOUT 20 PERCENT SHORT OF THE ANTICIPATED
DELIVERY LEVEL OF 748,000 MTS.
--------------
WFP'S 2003 REQUIREMENTS
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 04 ROME 05324 01 OF 03 310832Z
--------------
4. WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS)
ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS, EXCLUDING ANTICIPATED
EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF KOREA AS WELL AS WFP EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CURRENTLY UNDER
FORMULATION IN THE DROUGHT-AFFECTED WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND
IN COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS.
GLOBAL PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS ARE SOME 1.4 MILLION TONS
HIGHER THAN THOSE THAT WERE FORECASTED THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
2003 ESTIMATED WFP NEEDS INCLUDE 2.6 MILLION METRIC TONS
(MTS) FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, 1.9 MILLION MTS FOR
PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS AND 847,000 MTS
FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS. APPROXIMATELY 75
PERCENT OF THE 2003 EMERGENCY FOOD REQUIREMENTS ARE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MASSIVE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN
AFRICA AND THE WIDESPREAD DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA.
5. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY
OPERATIONS (PRROS) WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY, UP FROM 1.2
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED PTQ2322
PAGE 01 ROME 05324 02 OF 03 310832Z
ACTION SSO-00
INFO LOG-00 AF-00 AID-00 ANHR-00 EUR-00 E-00 UTED-00
TEDE-00 IO-00 NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 SS-00 TEST-00
PRM-00 SAS-00 /003W
-------------- 0133E5 310918Z /38
P 310727Z OCT 02
FM AMEMBASSY ROME
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6675
INFO EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY BEIJING
AMEMBASSY SEOUL
AMEMBASSY TOKYO
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
AMEMBASSY BERN
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
USDA FAS WASHDC 2383
USEU BRUSSELS 2905
USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 ROME 005324
SIPDIS
FROM U.S. MISSION IN ROME
STATE FOR AS/PRM DEWEY, A/S AFR KANSTEINER, U/S LARSON,
AFR/SA, PRM/P, EUR/WE AND IO/D
USAID FOR ADMINISTRATOR NATSIOS, AA/DCHA WINTER, AA/AFR,
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 ROME 05324 02 OF 03 310832Z
D/DCHA/FFP LANDIS, PPC/DP, PPC/DC
USDA/FAS FOR GSM KMILLER AND RTILLSWORTH
GENEVA FOR RMA AND NKYLOH/USAID
BRUSSELS FOR PLERNER
USUN FOR LSHESTACK
NSC FOR JDWOKEN
OMB FOR TSTOLL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN
SUBJECT: WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 -
REPORT OUT ON WFP'S RESOURCES CONSULTATION OF OCTOBER 25
MILLION TONS THIS YEAR. THIS IS DUE IN PART TO THE EXPANDING
PRRO PORTFOLIO, NOW NUMBERED AT 36 OPERATIONS WORLD-WIDE,
AND IS A RESULT OF DRAMATICALLY INCREASED RELIEF NEEDS IN
SELECTED OPERATIONS SUCH AS ANGOLA, IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE
2002 PEACE ACCORD. SIMILARLY, INCREASED PRRO NEEDS ARE
REPORTED IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND SRI LANKA. IN
UGANDA, THE ESCALATION IN THE CONFLICT IN THE NORTH HAS
EXACERBATED THE VULNERABILITY OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED
PERSONS (IDPS) AND REFUGEES. FUNDING FOR THE ALGERIA PRRO
(WESTERN SAHARAN REFUGEES) IS BEING REPORTED SEPTEL.
6. WITH THIS LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY
OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT CONSIDERABLE STRAIN ON
WFP'S ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS OF LESS
HIGH-PROFILE, YET NO LESS NEEDY PRROS, SUCH AS: BANGLADESH,
ETHIOPIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (EXCLUDING KOSOVO),
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ROME 05324 02 OF 03 310832Z
GUINEA BISSAU, IRAQ, IRAN, KENYA, MYANMAR, NEPAL, SOMALIA
AND YEMEN. MOST OF THESE OPERATIONS ASSIST VULNERABLE
REFUGEES AND IDPS WHO DEPEND ALMOST ENTIRELY ON WFP FOR
THEIR SUSTENANCE.
-------------- --------------
AMBASSADOR HALL'S AFFIRMATION OF CONTINUING U.S. SUPPORT TO
WFP
-------------- --------------
7. AMBASSADOR TONY HALL, IN RESPONDING FOR THE U.S.
DELEGATION, AFFIRMED THAT WFP CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT
PARTNER IN ENSURING THAT MILLIONS OF CHILDREN AROUND THE
WORLD HAVE A MEAL EVERY DAY. HE NOTED THAT PRESIDENT BUSH
SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED WFP IN HIS OCTOBER 23 PROCLAMATION
FOR UNITED NATIONS DAY, LAUDING WFP FOR "HELPING TO AVERT A
SEVERE FAMINE THAT THREATENED AFGHANISTAN."
8. HALL CONFIRMED THAT USAID HAD AGREED TO PROVIDE USD 200
MILLION TO WFP FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE TWENTIETH BIENNIUM
PLEDGE PERIOD (2003-2004). THIS REPRESENTS A 23 PERCENT
INCREASE TO USAID'S ANNUAL PLEDGE AMOUNT, AND INCLUDES A
DOUBLING OF USAID'S CASH CONTRIBUTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS. HE REMINDED THAT THIS AMOUNT REPRESENTS A FLOOR FOR
USAID SUPPORT, NOT A CEILING.
9. HALL ALSO HIGHLIGHTED USAID'S DECISION TO INITIALLY
PROVIDE 100,000 METRIC TONS OF WHEAT - WITH A VALUE OF USD
40 MILLION DOLLARS - FOR THE LOOMING CRISIS IN ETHIOPIA,
WHILE REMINDING THAT THE NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE HORN OF AFRICA
REGION ARE LIKELY TO BE FAR GREATER. "YET EVEN WITH THESE
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 04 ROME 05324 02 OF 03 310832Z
COMMITMENTS, THE U.S. WOULD BE REMISS IN NOT POINTING OUT
THAT WORLD MARKET PRICES FOR COMMODITIES THIS YEAR HAVE
SKYROCKETED. THE PRICE FOR MAIZE AND RELATED PRODUCTS IS UP
65 PERCENT, WHEAT 60 PERCENT. DONATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
KEEP PACE WITH THE PRICE INCREASES AND THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF
ACTUAL FOOD PROVIDED FOR 2003 WILL CERTAINLY BE LESS THAN
PREVIOUS YEARS. SURPLUSES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE DWINDLED.
THE NUMBER OF HUNGRY PEOPLE HAS NOT."
--------------
OTHER DONORS
--------------
10. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION INCREASED ITS SUPPORT TO WFP IN
2002 TO APPROXIMATELY USD 154 MILLION, A 50 PERCENT INCREASE
COMPARED WITH 2001. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM
HAVE GONE UP FROM USD 27.6 MILLION TO USD 56.7 MILLION.
GERMANY'S CONTRIBUTIONS ARE UP BY EIGHT PERCENT, AUSTRALIA
BY 39 PERCENT, NORWAY BY 34 PERCENT AND BOTH SWEDEN AND
IRELAND BY 26 PERCENT. FINALLY, SAUDI ARABIA HAS DOUBLED ITS
CONTRIBUTION THIS YEAR TO USD 4.2 MILLION. YET DESPITE THESE
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FM AMEMBASSY ROME
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6676
INFO EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY BEIJING
AMEMBASSY SEOUL
AMEMBASSY TOKYO
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
AMEMBASSY BERN
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
USDA FAS WASHDC 2384
USEU BRUSSELS 2906
USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ROME 005324
SIPDIS
FROM U.S. MISSION IN ROME
STATE FOR AS/PRM DEWEY, A/S AFR KANSTEINER, U/S LARSON,
AFR/SA, PRM/P, EUR/WE AND IO/D
USAID FOR ADMINISTRATOR NATSIOS, AA/DCHA WINTER, AA/AFR,
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D/DCHA/FFP LANDIS, PPC/DP, PPC/DC
USDA/FAS FOR GSM KMILLER AND RTILLSWORTH
GENEVA FOR RMA AND NKYLOH/USAID
BRUSSELS FOR PLERNER
USUN FOR LSHESTACK
NSC FOR JDWOKEN
OMB FOR TSTOLL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN EU EAID WFP UN
SUBJECT: WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 -
REPORT OUT ON WFP'S RESOURCES CONSULTATION OF OCTOBER 25
ENCOURAGING SIGNS, AS OF OCTOBER 21 (COMPARED
WITH MID-OCTOBER 2001),OVERALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DOWN BY
USD 64.1 MILLION. IT IS NOTED THAT HISTORICALLY STRONG
SUPPORTERS CANADA AND FRANCE HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY
LESS THIS YEAR.
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11. WAR AND DROUGHT (PARTICULARLY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA)
HAVE DRASTICALLY RATCHETED UP HUMANITARIAN FOOD AID NEEDS.
IN 2002, 32 COUNTRIES FACED EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES,
WITH AN ESTIMATED 67 MILLION PEOPLE REQUIRING EMERGENCY FOOD
AID AS A RESULT. UNFORTUNATELY, AS PER WFP'S ESTIMATES, 2003
PORTENDS MORE OF THE SAME. HALL
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