Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KUWAIT258
2009-03-18 14:47:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE
how-toVZCZCXYZ0008 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHKU #0258 0771447 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 181447Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3031 INFO RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 1704 RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM 1384
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000258
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/IPA, NEA/RA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
REF: A. SECSTATE 23135
B. KUWAIT 230
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000258
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/IPA, NEA/RA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
REF: A. SECSTATE 23135
B. KUWAIT 230
1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Marwan
Al-Ghanim, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait
Fund for Arab Economic Development on March 17. Ghanim
confirmed the Kuwait Fund had been designated by Amiri decree
as the lead agency for distribution of GoK aid to Gaza. He
said that Kuwait intends to distribute its aid to Gaza
through three mechanisms: the newly identified GCC fund for
Gaza, the World Bank Palestinian Reform and Development Plan
Trust Fund and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social
Development (ref b).
2. (SBU) He said the GCC fund had not yet established
procedures for identifying and approving projects, but that
he anticipated these matters would be discussed at a GCC
meeting in Riyadh on March 22. He opined that projects would
likely be submitted by Palestinian officials to the board of
the GCC fund which would then review and determine which
projects would be funded.
3. (SBU) Regarding publicly aired concerns about the high
overhead costs of the World Bank Trust Fund, Ghanim said that
previously costs had been very high, but that he understood
that the costs now had been reduced to under 2% of the
contribution.
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it
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O'DONOHUE
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/IPA, NEA/RA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
REF: A. SECSTATE 23135
B. KUWAIT 230
1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Marwan
Al-Ghanim, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait
Fund for Arab Economic Development on March 17. Ghanim
confirmed the Kuwait Fund had been designated by Amiri decree
as the lead agency for distribution of GoK aid to Gaza. He
said that Kuwait intends to distribute its aid to Gaza
through three mechanisms: the newly identified GCC fund for
Gaza, the World Bank Palestinian Reform and Development Plan
Trust Fund and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social
Development (ref b).
2. (SBU) He said the GCC fund had not yet established
procedures for identifying and approving projects, but that
he anticipated these matters would be discussed at a GCC
meeting in Riyadh on March 22. He opined that projects would
likely be submitted by Palestinian officials to the board of
the GCC fund which would then review and determine which
projects would be funded.
3. (SBU) Regarding publicly aired concerns about the high
overhead costs of the World Bank Trust Fund, Ghanim said that
previously costs had been very high, but that he understood
that the costs now had been reduced to under 2% of the
contribution.
********************************************* *********
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it
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O'DONOHUE