Identifier
Created
Classification
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06MUSCAT1001
2006-06-21 07:57:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Muscat
Cable title:  

DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TEMPORARY MECHANISM FOR

Tags:  PREL KPAL EAID IS MU 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MUSCAT 001001 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA, NEA/IPA AND NEA/ARP

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/20/2016
TAGS: PREL KPAL EAID IS MU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TEMPORARY MECHANISM FOR
ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIANS

REF: STATE 100475

Classified By: Ambassador Gary A. Grappo. Reason: 1.4 (b, d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L MUSCAT 001001

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA, NEA/IPA AND NEA/ARP

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/20/2016
TAGS: PREL KPAL EAID IS MU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TEMPORARY MECHANISM FOR
ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIANS

REF: STATE 100475

Classified By: Ambassador Gary A. Grappo. Reason: 1.4 (b, d).


1. (U) This is an action request for NEA; please see para 3.


2. (C) During a June 20 call on Minister Responsible for
Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi, the Ambassador delivered
reftel talking points on the new temporary international
mechanism (TIM) for providing assistance to the Palestinians,
encouraging the Sultanate about its use. The Minister
responded with a flurry of questions concerning the actual
implementation of the program and its intended beneficiaries,
underscoring his unease that the TIM is not capable of
providing for the urgent humanitarian needs of hungry
Palestinians. He doubted it would be functional even by the
end of the year, and sniffed at the word "temporary," saying
that was how UNRWA was described in 1948. He also feared
mismanagement or corruption as plagued the Iraq "Oil for
Food" program.


3. (SBU) Action Request: Bin Alawi requested information on
precisely which organizations (NGOs, UN agencies, etc.) will
actually channel aid to the Palestinians, and a copy of the
rules by which the TIM will operate. The responses to those
questions would inform the Sultanate's decision on whether to
channel its Palestinian assistance through the TIM.
GRAPPO