NEW ZEALAND CONTRIBUTES TO POLIO ERADICATION

UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000502

SIPDIS

FOR EAP/ANP

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KSCA TBIO NZ WHO
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND CONTRIBUTES TO POLIO ERADICATION
INITIATIVE (PEI)

REF: A. 04 SECSTATE 862

B. SECSTATE 118559


1. Post delivered ref B demarche points to to Vicki Poole,
Global Group Program Manager at the NZ Agency for
International Development (NZAID); Dr. Mark Jacobs, Director
of Public Health in the Ministry of Health; and the Americas
Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade.


2. On behalf of all these agencies, Poole responded that in
June 2005 New Zealand made further contributions of NZ$1.5
million (US$1.05 million) to the global Polio Eradication
Initiative (PEI). This figure includes NZ$1.0 million
(US$700,000) donated through UNICEF and NZ$500,000
(US$350,000) through New Zealand Rotary International. These
contributions are in addition to New Zealand's total PEI
contributions of NZ$1.6 million (US$1.1 million) in 2003 and
NZ$200,000 (US$140,000) in 2004, and reflects NZAID's October
2004 commitment to strongly consider the PEI in its future
funding rounds (ref A).
Swindells