Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MADRID2181
2007-11-30 18:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SUPPORT FOR NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN AND
how-toVZCZCXYZ0008 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHMD #2181 3341821 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 301821Z NOV 07 FM AMEMBASSY MADRID TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3881
UNCLAS MADRID 002181
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR EAID TBIO PREL
SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN AND
PANDEMIC INFLUENZA IN COLLABORATION WITH IPAPI
REF: SECSTATE 159330
Post delivered Reftel 159330 points to GoS avian influenza
contacts in the Ministry of Health and Consumption and the
Ministry of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food. The GoS is
planning to send a delegation to the International
Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI),but our
contacts did not provide a list of attendees. With respect
to the question of foreign assistance, Spain has donated 1.05
million dollars to the U.N. Food and Agricultural
Organization's three-year Global Program for the Progressive
Control of Avian Influenza since its inception. Along with
all other EU Member States, Spain has a national pandemic
plan consistent with EU and World Health Organization
guidance, according to the European Centre for Disease
Prevention and Control.
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