Identifier
Created
Classification
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09TOKYO802
2009-04-08 06:52:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN ANNOUNCES USD 5 MILLION FOR PAKISTANI
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SUBJECT: JAPAN ANNOUNCES USD 5 MILLION FOR PAKISTANI
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
REF: A. STATE 21407
¶B. TOKYO 640
(U) MOFA announced April 7 that Japan will extend $5 million
in grant aid to support internally displaced persons in
Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas and North West
Frontier Province. The assistance will be channeled through
the United Nations World Food Program ($2 million for
emergency food aid),the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees ($1.5 million for blankets, sleeping mats, soap),
and the International Committee of the Red Cross ($1.5
million for daily commodities and food). This assistance is
being granted in response to appeals for emergency
humanitarian assistance made by the United Nations and ICRC
in January, 2009.
ZUMWALT