JAPAN DONATES TO PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS IN EASTERN

UNCLAS TOKYO 005644 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS PLEASE PASS TO AID/ANE JBEVER AND MWARD AND AID/PPC DMENARCHIK AND NNICHOLSON PARIS FOR USOECD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ECON PREL JA AF SUBJECT: JAPAN DONATES TO PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS IN EASTERN CHAD ¶1. (U) Japan will provide approximately $2.2 million to launch the Chadian Police for Humanitarian Protection (PTPH) according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) First Africa Division Deputy Director Sotaro Ozaki. The funds will be used to supply facilities and equipment needed for a PTPH headquarters in N'Djamena and an academy to train Chadian police. Once trained, personnel will protect refugees in camps in eastern Chad under the supervision of UN police officers. ¶2. (SBU) The assistance will supply such things as office and computer equipment, vehicles and uniforms, Ozaki continued. Japan will not be able to provide personnel to support air lifts or helicopter missions, he said. ¶3. (SBU) According to MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Budget Planning Director Naoki Ito, the $2.2 million Japan is donating is to replace a shortfall in the project's December budget due to non-payment of commitments by the European Union. DONOVAN