Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10ATHENS109
2010-02-16 20:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Athens
Cable title:
GREECE/HAITI: NO MINUSTAH FORCES, BUT AID
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UNCLAS ATHENS 000109
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MARR KPKO EAID HA GR
SUBJECT: GREECE/HAITI: NO MINUSTAH FORCES, BUT AID
REF: STATE 12558
UNCLAS ATHENS 000109
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MARR KPKO EAID HA GR
SUBJECT: GREECE/HAITI: NO MINUSTAH FORCES, BUT AID
REF: STATE 12558
1. (SBU) Discussing reftel with Pol-Mil Chief on February 16,
Emmanuel Papadoyorgakis, Deputy Director of the Greek MFA's UN and
International Organizations Directorate, said that Greece had
offered 30 soldiers to MINUSTAH following the Security Council's
January 18 authorization to expand the mission, but at the end of
January, the UNDPKO had determined not to pursue the Greek offer
further. Papadoyorgakis said that the small contingent Greece had
offered would not have been self-sufficient, and that the Greek
mission to the UN in New York had reported that priority was being
given to larger contributors. He understood that of the 2,000
additional military personnel authorized by the UNSC for MINUSTAH,
contributions from Brazil, Japan, South Korea, and the Dominican
Republic had gone a long way toward meeting the requirement.
2. (U) On a separate but related note, Greek Deputy Foreign
Minister Spyros Kouvelis traveled to Haiti February 8 on board a
Greek 747 aircraft to deliver about 50 tons of medical and
humanitarian supplies contributed by the Greek government. Greece
was ready to deliver the aid in the days following the quake, but
the flight was delayed due to lack of landing slots for that size
aircraft at overcrowded Haitian air cargo facilities. Greece also
contributed approximately 200,000 euros to the World Food Program
for Haiti efforts.
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
MCCARTHY
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MARR KPKO EAID HA GR
SUBJECT: GREECE/HAITI: NO MINUSTAH FORCES, BUT AID
REF: STATE 12558
1. (SBU) Discussing reftel with Pol-Mil Chief on February 16,
Emmanuel Papadoyorgakis, Deputy Director of the Greek MFA's UN and
International Organizations Directorate, said that Greece had
offered 30 soldiers to MINUSTAH following the Security Council's
January 18 authorization to expand the mission, but at the end of
January, the UNDPKO had determined not to pursue the Greek offer
further. Papadoyorgakis said that the small contingent Greece had
offered would not have been self-sufficient, and that the Greek
mission to the UN in New York had reported that priority was being
given to larger contributors. He understood that of the 2,000
additional military personnel authorized by the UNSC for MINUSTAH,
contributions from Brazil, Japan, South Korea, and the Dominican
Republic had gone a long way toward meeting the requirement.
2. (U) On a separate but related note, Greek Deputy Foreign
Minister Spyros Kouvelis traveled to Haiti February 8 on board a
Greek 747 aircraft to deliver about 50 tons of medical and
humanitarian supplies contributed by the Greek government. Greece
was ready to deliver the aid in the days following the quake, but
the flight was delayed due to lack of landing slots for that size
aircraft at overcrowded Haitian air cargo facilities. Greece also
contributed approximately 200,000 euros to the World Food Program
for Haiti efforts.
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
MCCARTHY