Identifier
Created
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06ALGIERS1518
2006-08-26 07:38:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Algiers
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USG RESPONSE TO IMMINENT FOOD SHORTAGE IN TINDOUF
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UNCLAS ALGIERS 001518
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
ROME PLEASE PASS TO FODAG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREF PBTS WFP AG
SUBJECT: USG RESPONSE TO IMMINENT FOOD SHORTAGE IN TINDOUF
REGION
REF: A. STATE 136285
B. FITZGIBBONS 8/23 EMAIL
C. ALGIERS 340
UNCLAS ALGIERS 001518
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
ROME PLEASE PASS TO FODAG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREF PBTS WFP AG
SUBJECT: USG RESPONSE TO IMMINENT FOOD SHORTAGE IN TINDOUF
REGION
REF: A. STATE 136285
B. FITZGIBBONS 8/23 EMAIL
C. ALGIERS 340
1. (SBU) Marius Fortman, World Food Program (WFP) Country
Director for Algeria, briefed us August 23 on the current
state of food stocks for the Sahrawi refugees. Fortman said
Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf would run out of food by
the end of September absent additional donations. Fortman
made clear he was not soliciting an additional U.S. donation,
but wanted to apprise the U.S. of the current situation. We
passed the main points of Fortman's briefing to regional
Refugee Coordinator in Cairo, reviewing the overall food
situation in the camps. Informed by PRM that the USG had
just completed a $1 million donation to the WFP for the
Sahrawis (ref B),poloff advised Fortman of the U.S. action
later the same day.
2. (SBU) In his briefing, Fortman also noted that he had
canceled his pending vacation to press the GOA to renew its
current food allotments for the camps, which expire at the
end of August. Fortman said that there continued to be no
consensus on the number of refugees in the camps (ref C),and
that the Polisario and GOA still opposed organizing a census
of the refugees. In his view, disputes about how much food
was needed for the refugees through the end of 2006 were
bound to continue. Fortman was pessimistic that donors would
agree to boost current levels of food allotments absent a
census and said the issue was bound to be on the agenda for
the expected November visit to Algiers of WFP Director James
Morris.
FORD
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
ROME PLEASE PASS TO FODAG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREF PBTS WFP AG
SUBJECT: USG RESPONSE TO IMMINENT FOOD SHORTAGE IN TINDOUF
REGION
REF: A. STATE 136285
B. FITZGIBBONS 8/23 EMAIL
C. ALGIERS 340
1. (SBU) Marius Fortman, World Food Program (WFP) Country
Director for Algeria, briefed us August 23 on the current
state of food stocks for the Sahrawi refugees. Fortman said
Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf would run out of food by
the end of September absent additional donations. Fortman
made clear he was not soliciting an additional U.S. donation,
but wanted to apprise the U.S. of the current situation. We
passed the main points of Fortman's briefing to regional
Refugee Coordinator in Cairo, reviewing the overall food
situation in the camps. Informed by PRM that the USG had
just completed a $1 million donation to the WFP for the
Sahrawis (ref B),poloff advised Fortman of the U.S. action
later the same day.
2. (SBU) In his briefing, Fortman also noted that he had
canceled his pending vacation to press the GOA to renew its
current food allotments for the camps, which expire at the
end of August. Fortman said that there continued to be no
consensus on the number of refugees in the camps (ref C),and
that the Polisario and GOA still opposed organizing a census
of the refugees. In his view, disputes about how much food
was needed for the refugees through the end of 2006 were
bound to continue. Fortman was pessimistic that donors would
agree to boost current levels of food allotments absent a
census and said the issue was bound to be on the agenda for
the expected November visit to Algiers of WFP Director James
Morris.
FORD