EU REPRESENTATION AT PARIS DONORS' CONFERENCE

UNCLAS BRUSSELS 003493 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/IPA BELGRADE AND EEB/IFD/ODF DEMARCELLUS; USAID FOR ANE/MEA MCCLOUD AND RAGLAND; ODP FOR O'MEARA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL EAID IS EUN SUBJECT: EU REPRESENTATION AT PARIS DONORS' CONFERENCE REF: STATE 163955 1.(SBU) Post delivered demarche in reftel to European Commission (EC) and Council interlocutors. The EU delegation to the Paris Donors' Conference will consist of: Javier Solana, High Representative/Secretary General of the European Council Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Marc Otte, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Hugues Mingarelli, Deputy Director General, European Commission Directorate General for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Marcus Cornaro, Director for Europe, Southern Mediterranean, Middle East, and European Neighborhood Policy, DG EuropeAid Christian Jouret, Head of Middle East Task Force, Council Secretariat SIPDIS (TBC) John Kjaer, Head of EC Delegation in Jerusalem Christina Gallach, Spokesperson for Javier Solana Rosemary Davis, Political Adviser to Marc Otte Cherif Castel, Political Adviser to Marc Otte Belen Martinez Carbonell, Member of Cabinet for Ferrero-Waldner Andrea Fontana, Desk Officer for West Bank/Gaza Concha Fernandez de la Puente, Press Officer ¶2. (SBU) Contacts at the Commission have reported that the EC will pledge approximately 400 million (USD 588 million) of which some EUR 60 million (USD 88 million) will be for humanitarian assistance. MURRAY