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09CANBERRA486
2009-05-21 07:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Canberra
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AUSTRALIA DOUBLES ITS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
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UNCLAS CANBERRA 000486
SIPDIS
NORMAN HASTINGS, PRM/ECA; AMY WENDT, PRM/ECA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PHUM PK AS PREF
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA DOUBLES ITS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
CONTRIBUTION TO PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS
REF: CANBERRA 472
UNCLAS CANBERRA 000486
SIPDIS
NORMAN HASTINGS, PRM/ECA; AMY WENDT, PRM/ECA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PHUM PK AS PREF
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA DOUBLES ITS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
CONTRIBUTION TO PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS
REF: CANBERRA 472
¶1. (SBU) Summary: On May 20, Australian Foreign Minister
Smith announced an AUD $12 million (USD $9.2 Million)
contribution to the IDP crisis in Pakistan, double the amount
they had expected to contribute only two days earlier
(reftel). The GOA decided to increase the amount for UNICEF
and added new funding for the International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC) and Australian NGOs. End summary
¶2. (SBU) On May 21, poloff asked Lisa Rice-Madan, Director of
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central Asian Republics Section, at
the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Peter
Waddell-Wood, Director of the Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force
at AusAID about the Foreign Minister's announced doubling of
Australia's reported contributions (see reftel) to the IDP
crisis in Pakistan. Both Rice-Madan and Waddell-Wood, who had
advised us on May 18 that FM Smith would announce an AUD $6
million (USD $4.6 million) contribution, emphasized that they
had been successful in urging further funding options because
of the worsening crisis.
¶3. (SBU) The AUD $6 million had already been committed to
Pakistan and the further AUD $6 million was in the pipeline
before Minister Smith made his statement to the press
(Wednesday, May 20) at nearly the same time that Secretary
Clinton announced the American contribution of USD $110
million (Tuesday, May 19). The Australians are convinced that
their money for Pakistani refugees is a vital contribution in
support of their military, political and economic efforts in
Afghanistan.
¶4. (SBU) Mr. Waddell-Wood explained that the AUD $12 million
(USD $9.2 million) has been divided into AUD $2 million for
the World Food Program, AUD $3 million for UNICEF (for
education, etc.),AUD $2 million for UNHCR (for shelter and
water purification, etc.),AUD $3 million for the ICRC, and
AUD $2 million for various Australian NGOs working with their
Pakistani counterparts.
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