LITHUANIA TO ATTEND UNOCHA TSUNAMI DONOR CONFERENCE

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SUBJECT: LITHUANIA TO ATTEND UNOCHA TSUNAMI DONOR CONFERENCE

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We delivered reftel points describing USG goals for the
UNOCHA tsunami donor conference to Laurynas Jonavicius of the
MFA's Development Assistance Division on January 7. MFA
Undersecretary Sarunas Adomavicius, said Jonavicius, who is
attending the extraordinary EU GAERC meeting on the situation
in Southeast Asia, will represent the GOL at the January 11
conference. Highlighting the outpouring of victim support
from Lithuania, Jonavicius said that the GOL pledged 350,000
Litas (USD 132,000) from its reserve fund to UNOCHA on
January 5. In addition, he noted, private donations,
including a personal pledge of 3,000 Litas (USD 1,150) from
Prime Minister Algridas Brazauskas, have to date surpassed
500,000 Litas (USD 192,000).
KELLY