Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09TOKYO1710
2009-07-27 22:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN INCREASES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR DROUGHT-AFFLICTED
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UNCLAS TOKYO 001710
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EAID JA AFR
SUBJECT: JAPAN INCREASES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR DROUGHT-AFFLICTED
AFRICAN STATES
REFTEL: STATE 070789
UNCLAS TOKYO 001710
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EAID JA AFR
SUBJECT: JAPAN INCREASES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR DROUGHT-AFFLICTED
AFRICAN STATES
REFTEL: STATE 070789
1. USAID Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry
Deputy Director General Akira Yamada urging Japan to consider
increased emergency and humanitarian assistance for Kenya, Ethiopia,
and Somalia. Fully aware and concerned about drought conditions and
food emergencies in the Horn of Africa region, Deputy DG Yamada
outlined the following assistance Japan is providing to these
nations above and beyond food security and long-term development
commitments. In March 2009, Japan provided a total of $16 million
to the three countries through World Food Programme (WFP) (Kenya: $5
million, Somalia: $5 million, and Ethiopia: $6 million). In June,
Japan also provided through WFP help for port reconstruction and
rehabilitation in Somalia to facilitate assistance shipments to the
region. Earlier this month, the Government of Japan (GOJ) also
decided to augment again humanitarian assistance to region,
increasing $6.5 million to Kenya directly and $7.18 million through
WFP for Ethiopia.
2. Japan shares U.S. view on the need for stepped-up emergency
assistance given the severity of the crisis, but underscores that
the real solution to overcoming the frequent food emergencies in the
region is to increase and improve both local food productivity and
distribution. In this vein, Deputy DG Yamada highlighted the
importance of the new Africa Food Security initiative and the
increased support from both Japan and the United States for
infrastructure, capacity building, and agricultural production on
the continent.
ZUMWALT
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EAID JA AFR
SUBJECT: JAPAN INCREASES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR DROUGHT-AFFLICTED
AFRICAN STATES
REFTEL: STATE 070789
1. USAID Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry
Deputy Director General Akira Yamada urging Japan to consider
increased emergency and humanitarian assistance for Kenya, Ethiopia,
and Somalia. Fully aware and concerned about drought conditions and
food emergencies in the Horn of Africa region, Deputy DG Yamada
outlined the following assistance Japan is providing to these
nations above and beyond food security and long-term development
commitments. In March 2009, Japan provided a total of $16 million
to the three countries through World Food Programme (WFP) (Kenya: $5
million, Somalia: $5 million, and Ethiopia: $6 million). In June,
Japan also provided through WFP help for port reconstruction and
rehabilitation in Somalia to facilitate assistance shipments to the
region. Earlier this month, the Government of Japan (GOJ) also
decided to augment again humanitarian assistance to region,
increasing $6.5 million to Kenya directly and $7.18 million through
WFP for Ethiopia.
2. Japan shares U.S. view on the need for stepped-up emergency
assistance given the severity of the crisis, but underscores that
the real solution to overcoming the frequent food emergencies in the
region is to increase and improve both local food productivity and
distribution. In this vein, Deputy DG Yamada highlighted the
importance of the new Africa Food Security initiative and the
increased support from both Japan and the United States for
infrastructure, capacity building, and agricultural production on
the continent.
ZUMWALT