Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05ABUDHABI4713
2005-11-20 14:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAEG BOOSTS PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 08/27/2006 05:50:59 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLAS ABU DHABI 04713 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: MGT INFO: ECON CONS DCM POL AMB PAO DISSEMINATION: MGT CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: DCM:MQUINN DRAFTED: DCM:MQUINN CLEARED: POL:JMAYBURY VZCZCADI481 RR RUEHC RUEHZM RUEHIL RUEHDE DE RUEHAD #4713 3241451 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 201451Z NOV 05 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2412 INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 1458 RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 5575
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 004713
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL PHUM SENV AE
SUBJECT: UAEG BOOSTS PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
AND RECONSTRUCTION TO $200 MILLION
REF: A. SECSTATE 208903
B. ABU DHABI 4283
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 004713
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL PHUM SENV AE
SUBJECT: UAEG BOOSTS PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
AND RECONSTRUCTION TO $200 MILLION
REF: A. SECSTATE 208903
B. ABU DHABI 4283
1. During the November 19 Pakistan Earthquake Relief Donors'
Conference in Islamabad, the UAE announced an increase in its
aid pledge to Pakistan from $100 million to $200 million.
2. UAE Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Dr. Ali
Al-Kaabi announced that the UAE is committed to "channel" all
its energies to continue to meet the needs of the earthquake
survivors.
3. Highlighting a relief and reconstruction plan policy,
Al-Kaabi called for identification of specific needs that
could be addressed, such as funding reconstruction programs
for schools, housing and health care. He said the UAE will
work closely with the Government of Pakistan and other bodies
involved in the relief effort, in particular with the
relevant UN institutions and with the major international
relief agencies, to make sure that enough aid arrives and
that it is used in the most effective manner. He recalled
that the President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan,
immediately ordered that a donation of 100 million U.S.
dollars be allocated for reconstruction work. Al-Kaabi said
thousands of tents and hundreds of tons of food and medical
supplies have been delivered to those areas affected by the
earthquake. He said that four water purification plants
supplied by the UAE are now in operation, in Balakot and
Muzaffarabad. He said there has also been an outpouring of
support from private sector companies and institutions and
from the public, both through humanitarian organizations and
through voluntary bodies in the UAE's various communities.
4. Above paragraph is a synopsis of reports in Al Ittihad,
Al Bayan, and The Emirates News Agency, November 20, 2005.
SISON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL PHUM SENV AE
SUBJECT: UAEG BOOSTS PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
AND RECONSTRUCTION TO $200 MILLION
REF: A. SECSTATE 208903
B. ABU DHABI 4283
1. During the November 19 Pakistan Earthquake Relief Donors'
Conference in Islamabad, the UAE announced an increase in its
aid pledge to Pakistan from $100 million to $200 million.
2. UAE Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Dr. Ali
Al-Kaabi announced that the UAE is committed to "channel" all
its energies to continue to meet the needs of the earthquake
survivors.
3. Highlighting a relief and reconstruction plan policy,
Al-Kaabi called for identification of specific needs that
could be addressed, such as funding reconstruction programs
for schools, housing and health care. He said the UAE will
work closely with the Government of Pakistan and other bodies
involved in the relief effort, in particular with the
relevant UN institutions and with the major international
relief agencies, to make sure that enough aid arrives and
that it is used in the most effective manner. He recalled
that the President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan,
immediately ordered that a donation of 100 million U.S.
dollars be allocated for reconstruction work. Al-Kaabi said
thousands of tents and hundreds of tons of food and medical
supplies have been delivered to those areas affected by the
earthquake. He said that four water purification plants
supplied by the UAE are now in operation, in Balakot and
Muzaffarabad. He said there has also been an outpouring of
support from private sector companies and institutions and
from the public, both through humanitarian organizations and
through voluntary bodies in the UAE's various communities.
4. Above paragraph is a synopsis of reports in Al Ittihad,
Al Bayan, and The Emirates News Agency, November 20, 2005.
SISON