NZ's HUMANITARIAN AID TO PAKISTAN

UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000267 SENSITIVE SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR EAP/ANP, SCA AND EEB E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID EFIN PK NZ SUBJECT: NZ's HUMANITARIAN AID TO PAKISTAN REF: 09 STATE 61218 ¶1. In an August 27 response to reftel, Steve McCombie, Senior Policy Officer, Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade forwarded a breakdown of how the GNZ humanitarian contribution to Pakistan will be delivered. This contribution was announced at the Pakistan Donors' Conference in Tokyo in April. New Zealand's Agency for International Development (NZAID) advised that the funds will be disbursed to relevant agencies in the next month. ¶2. (SBU) New Zealand pledged a total of $1 million NZD to Pakistan and will distribute that sum in two $500,000 NZD contributions, one to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the second to UNICEF. UNFPA will use this donation to fund reproductive health services such as emergency obstetric clinics and hygiene kits for women displaced by conflict in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). UNICEF will use the NZAID funds to support ongoing and future education services for displaced primary school children in IDP camps and host communities. TINSLEY