LITHUANIA TO ATTEND UNOCHA TSUNAMI DONOR CONFERENCE

UNCLAS VILNIUS 000018 SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/NB E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AEMR EAID PGOV LH SUBJECT: LITHUANIA TO ATTEND UNOCHA TSUNAMI DONOR CONFERENCE REF: A. SECSTATE 3792 ¶B. VILNIUS 00008 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