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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02KATHMANDU620 |
WFP AID FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LEG UP ON NEXT [...] An extra multilateral contribution secured this week from WFP Rome will fill a gap created by the delay in receiving a USG shipment of in-kind food aid, reports the WFP Deputy Country Director for Nepal. The extra contribution will have a carry-on effect for the next phase of aid to the Bhuta [...] |
2002-03-29 06:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF PHUM NP WFP |
| 02KATHMANDU871 |
LOOTING LEADS TO SUSPENSION OF WFP POVERTY [...] (SBU) Summary. A joint German-WFP food aid program has been suspended in two districts in western Nepal after rice supplies were stolen by suspected Maoist insurgents. A press release announcing the suspension was intended to put the Maoists on notice that food aid would be cut off if such in [...] |
2002-05-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP WFP |
| 02ROME1011 |
LIBERIA: INSECURITY COUPLED WITH FOOD [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS), AND RESIDENTS OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY [...] |
2002-02-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME1182 |
SIERRA LEONE: A BRIGHTER FUTURE IN FOOD [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 01182 01 OF 13 070642Z FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALL [...] |
2002-03-07 06:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 02ROME1587 |
MEETINGS WITH WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ON FINANCIAL [...] A TEAM OF USAID/DCHA/FFP AND USAID/FM REPRESENTATIVES AND US MISSION/ROME PERSONNEL CONDUCTED TWO DAYS OF MEETINGS WITH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STAFF TO RESOLVE ISSUES RELATED TO THE CLOSING OF ACCOUNTS FOR COMPLETED USG-FINANCED ACTIVITIES. THESE MEETINGS WERE DE [...] |
2002-03-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID WFP UN |
| 02ROME19 |
WFP PLANS TO ASSIST THE AFGHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL AND [...] AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF ITS NEXT EMERGENCY (EMOP) OPERATION APPEAL (FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER 2002), WFP IS PLANNING FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR 270,000 PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, FOOD AID FOR TRAINING 50,000 TEACHERS, ASSISTANCE TO 75,000 ENROLLED IN NON-FORMAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, AND FOOD-FOR-WORK [...] |
2002-01-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1982 |
UN INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON [...] THE UN'S INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC), WHICH MET IN ROME APRIL 9-10, EXPRESSED ITS CONCERN THAT A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES WITHIN SOUTHERN AFRICA WILL REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN 2002. THE PRESENT FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN THE REGION IS ADJUDGED THE WORST [...] |
2002-04-23 06:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF PHUM WFP UN UNSC |
| 02ROME2030 |
AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT AND USE OF PORT BIN [...] WFP'S INTERNATIONAL CARGO SURVEYOR IN KARACHI SUGGESTS THAT THE 1965 AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE PORT BIN QASIM. THIS MODERN PAKISTANI PORT FACILITY, BUILT IN THE MID-1970S, COULD HELP FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL FOR THE AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORT. END SUMMARY. [...] |
2002-04-26 07:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME2065 |
MOUNTING CHALLENGES LAY AHEAD FOR THE U.N. [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR (SEC) IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13--20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU) AND TO LOOK AT [...] |
2002-04-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 02ROME2629 |
ANNUAL SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSES OF POWER BY UN PERSONNEL IN HUMANITAR [...] |
2002-05-31 07:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME2648 |
SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] DESPITE PRECIPITOUSLY DECLINING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMMES FOR RWANDA, ZAMBIA AND BOLIVIA, WITH A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF USD (U.S. DOLLARS) 116.3 MILLION. A COUNTRY STRATEGY OUTLINE (CSO) WAS APPROVED FOR ETHIOPIA. BUDGET INCREASES FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...] |
2002-05-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME2673 |
WFP POST-DELIVERY LOSSES IN BANGLADESH [...] IN BANGLADESHI PORTS DURING 2001, WFP SUSTAINED POST- DELIVERY LOSSES OF 2,824 METRIC TONS (VALUED AT USD 343,388). WFP HAS INSTITUTED A POLICY (CONTAINED IN ITS 2001-2005 COUNTRY PROGRAM OPERATIONAL CONTRACT WITH THE GOB) WHICH STIPULATES THAT FOR BULK WHEAT SHIPMENTS LANDED QUANTITIES WILL E [...] |
2002-06-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME2727 |
WFP LOGISTICS-MOVING FOOD AND NON-FOOD ITEMS IN [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13-- 20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU), AS WELL AS TO LOOK [...] |
2002-06-06 12:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 02ROME2947 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING [...] THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) CONVENED ITS SECOND INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CONFERENCE AT THE ORGANIZATION'S HEADQUARTERS IN ROME, ITALY, ON APRIL 18 AND 19, 2002. THE CONFERENCE BROUGHT TOGETHER APPROXIMATELY 205 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING WFP TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS STAFF, REPRESENTATIVES FROM VA [...] |
2002-06-18 08:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID WFP |
| 02ROME3508 |
UN TO SEEK COMMON POLICY ON GMO FOOD AID? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FODAG HAS LEARNED FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (PLEASE PROTECT) THAT THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL HAS ASKED HIS UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS TO "TAKE THE LEAD IN FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ARTICULATION OF A COHERENT SYSTEM-WIDE POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF IMPO [...] |
2002-07-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP |
| 02ROME3534 |
NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN: SECTION 102 [...] SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, THE U.S. MISSION/ROME HAS OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE U.N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), THE WORLD FOOD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03534 171134Z PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURE [...] |
2002-07-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UN FAO WFP |
| 02ROME3566 |
REVISED UNHCR-WFP MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] UNHCR AND WFP SIGNED A REVISED MEMORANDUM ON JULY 9 AIMED AT FURTHER STRENGTHENING COOPERATION IN THE PROVISION OF FOOD AID FOR REFUGEES AND RETURNEES WORLDWIDE. ON A PILOT ONE-YEAR TRIAL BASIS, WFP WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BASIC FOOD RATION IN FIVE REF [...] |
2002-07-19 06:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME3676 |
FAO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GMO FOOD AID [...] (C) SUMMARY. FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF IS EXPECTED TO SEND A LETTER TO UN UNDERSECRETARY OSHIMA CORRECTING HIS PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND STATING THAT THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DOES NOT STIPULATE MILLING OF GM COMMODITIES TO PREVENT PLANTING. COPIES OF THE CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE SENT TO SOU [...] |
2002-07-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ETRD EAGR EAID MZ FAO WFP |
| 02ROME3706 |
PARTNERSHIP TO CUT HUNGER AND POVERTY IN AFRICA - [...] USAID ADMINISTRATOR ANDREW NATSIOS, THE PRESIDENTS OF GHANA, MOZAMBIQUE AND UGANDA, STATE DEPARTMENT'S UNDERSECRETARY AL LARSON, PRESIDENT MCPHERSON OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, AND OFFICIALS OF USDA AND THE WORLD BANK - JOINTLY LAUNCHED ON JUNE 11 IN ROME A MAJOR U.S.-AFRICAN CONSORTIUM TO C [...] |
2002-07-29 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME3899 |
FAO RELUCTANT TO CLARIFY POSITION ON GM FOOD AID, EVEN [...] SUMMARY - ACTING PERMREP AND AG COUNSELOR MET WITH TOP LEVEL FAO OFFICIALS TO EXPRESS GRAVE CONCERN WITH GUIDANCE THAT IS BEING DISSEMINATED IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY FAO REPRESENTATIVES. FAO'S MIXED MESSAGE HAS MADE LOCAL GOV'T OFFICIALS MORE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT U.S. FOOD AID LIKELY [...] |
2002-08-09 05:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID ETRD EAGR FAO WFP WHO UNAORC UN |
| 02ROME4048 |
DG DIOUF SPEAKS TO US PERMREP ON GM FOOD ISSUES [...] SUMMARY - US MISSION REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH FAO DG JACQUES DIOUF TO DISCUSS FAO'S ROLE IN THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. WE URGED FAO TO TAKE A PUBLIC STANCE ON BIOTECH FOODS TO CLARIFY MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF POLITICAL LEADERS BASED, AT LEAST IN PART, ON MISINFORMATION DISSEMI [...] |
2002-08-19 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID ETRD EAGR FAO WFP WHO UNAORC UN |
| 02ROME4208 |
WFP ACTIONS TO PREVENT SEXUAL ABUSE AND [...] WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) IS ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNICEF-OCHA TASK FORCE ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES, AS AGREED TO BY THE UN INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC) ON JUNE 20. A WFP-INTERNAL ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN FINALIZED [...] |
2002-08-29 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF AORC EU EAGR WFP UN |
| 02ROME4499 |
FAO'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR RECOMMENDS OVERHAUL OF [...] FAO'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR, WHILE ISSUING AN UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION ON FAO'S BIENNIUM ACCOUNTS FOR 2000-2001, HAS RAISED CONCERNS RELATED TO THE ADEQUACY AND GENERAL EFFECTIVENESS OF FAO'S INTERNAL AUDIT MECHANISM. THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR HAS OUTLINED A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED INCLUDING ES [...] |
2002-09-17 06:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME4735 |
ETHIOPIAN DROUGHT - SUSTANTIVE FOOD DEFICITS [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ETHIOPIA SEPTEMBER 16-20, AND TRAVELED IN DROUGHT AFFECTED WOREDAS OF EAST AND WEST HARARGE REGION. ASSESSMENTS OF THIS AREA, IN ADDITION TO TIGRAY, WOLLO AND THE SOUTHERN REGION - SHOW A SERIOUS EMERGENCY SITUATION DEVELOPING AS THE MAJOR (MEHER) CR [...] |
2002-09-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME4756 |
ERITREAN MAIN CROP SEASON DROUGHT - DIFFICULT TIMES [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ERITREA SEPTEMBER 20-26, AND TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN DROUGHT AFFECTED REGIONS. PROSPECTS FOR THE CURRENT MAIN "KIREMTI" HARVEST CROPS AND REGENERATION OF PASTURES ARE POOR FOLLOWING SEVERE AND PROLONGED DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY'S MOST GRAIN [...] |
2002-10-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5058 |
AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN ZIMBABWE - "NO FAMINE - [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED ZIMBABWE OCTOBER 08-11 AND FOUND ZIMBABWE SLOUCHING TOWARD A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. NEARLY HALF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION IS NOW CLASSIFIED BY THE UN AS SERIOUSLY FOOD INSECURE (6.7 MILLION). WHILE EXACERBATED BY SUB-NORMAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR, TH [...] |
2002-10-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5132 |
MADAGASCAR AFTER THE POLITICAL CRISIS: AVERTING [...] FODAG PROJECT BUDGET SPECIALIST VISITED MADAGASCAR SEPTEMBER 17-27 AND TRAVELED TO DROUGHT- AND CYCLONE- AFFECTED AREAS IN THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE COUNTRY. ASSESSMENTS OF THESE AREAS, AND MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF MADAGASCAR (GOM), THE DONOR COMMUNITY, THE WORLD F [...] |
2002-10-22 06:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID WFP UN |
| 02ROME5133 |
AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN MALAWI - "THE JOURNEY IS [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED MALAWI OCTOBER 11-13 AND FOUND THAT RELIEF PROGRAMS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND THE SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGE ARE PROGRESSING WELL, ALTHOUGH THE NEED TO EXPAND AND ACCELERATE OPERATIONS REMAINS AS MORE AND MORE HOUSEHOLDS GO WITHOUT FOOD. NEARLY THIRTY PERCENT [...] |
2002-10-22 06:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5236 |
DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE [...] ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMS PLANS TO LAUNCH A REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE NEEDS DEVELOPING AS A RESULT OF THE DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE D'IVOIRE. THE EMOP WILL COVER THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1, 2002 THROUGH JAN [...] |
2002-10-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5308 |
THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. 2. ON DONATIONS OF BIOTECH FOODS, THE BOARD TOOK NOTE OF THE WFP [...] |
2002-10-30 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5324 |
WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS (MTS). EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REQUIRE 2.6 MILLION MTS, EXCLUDING NORTH KOREA, WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS FOR PR [...] |
2002-10-31 07:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5360 |
WESTERN SAHARAN REFUGEES IMPERILED BY LACK OF FOOD [...] AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MINURSO (UN MISSION FOR THE REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA) ADDRESSED WFP'S DONORS ON OCTOBER 25. HE UNDERLINED THAT THE LACK OF FOOD AID AND INSUFFICIENT FUNDING PRESENTLY THREATEN SOME 155,000 WESTERN SAHARAN (SAH [...] |
2002-10-31 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5421 |
LIBERIA: WFP ADDRESSES A GROWING NUMBER OF [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS), AND RESIDENTS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 [...] |
2002-11-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME544 |
WFP MONITORING - STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL [...] A FIVE COUNTRY STUDY OF ONGOING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM OPERATIONS, UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL DANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONCLUDES THAT: WFP HAS STRENGTHENED THE QUALITY OF ITS OPERATIONS; THERE IS A CLEAR ROLE FOR CAREFULLY TARGETED DEVELOPMENT FOOD AID INTERVENTIONS; IN- KIND FOOD AID SHOU [...] |
2002-02-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5454 |
REFUGEE NUMBERS IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05454 01 OF 10 071545Z TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY D [...] |
2002-11-07 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5511 |
GERMAN GOVERNMENT (BMZ) PROPOSES AN EXTERNAL [...] THE GERMAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (BMZ) HAS PROPOSED AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF WFP'S DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO AND EXPRESSED THE WISH THAT THE EVALUATION BE CONDUCTED WITH OTHER DONOR PARTNERS. DENMARK AND THE NETHERLANDS ARE SUPPORTIVE. A TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) PAPE [...] |
2002-11-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5540 |
WFPASKS SUPPORT OF SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN TO [...] (SBU) WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECOR JAMES MORRIS IN A LETTER TO UN SECRETARY-GENERL KOFI ANNAN (DATED OCTOBER 24) UNDERLINED THAT HE UN'S SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD JEAN ZIEGLER) IS SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE EFFORTS OFTHE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM TO RESPOND TO FOOD CRISESAROUND THE WORLD, AND PART [...] |
2002-11-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5584 |
WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVAL OF PROTRACTED RELIEF [...] AT ITS THIRD REGULAR SESSION (OCTOBER 21-25), THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED A PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) FOR CENTRAL AMERICA - THREE YEARS (MARCH 2003-FEBRUARY 2006), VALUED AT USD 56.62 MILLION, TO ASSIST 690,000 BENEFICIARIES/ANNUM. SEVERE CORN CROP LOS [...] |
2002-11-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5771 |
PROJECT MERCY - A PROVEN NGO IMPLEMENTING PARTNER [...] USMISSION AMBASSADOR TONY HALL HAS KNOWN MATRA GABRE- TSADICK AND HER HUSBAND DEME WHO RUN A NON-GOVERNMENTAL SIPDIS ORGANIZATION CALLED PROJECT MERCY IN THE SOUTHERN REGION (SNNPR) FOR MANY YEARS AND CONSIDERS THEM OUTSTANDING HUMANITARIANS. HE HAS VISITED THEIR PROJECT NEAR BUTAJIRA, IN T [...] |
2002-11-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5778 |
WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVAL OF PROTRACTED RELIEF [...] AT ITS THIRD REGULAR SESSION (OCTOBER 21-25), THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED A PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) FOR THE WEST AFRICA COASTAL REGION - ONE YEAR (JANUARY- DECEMBER 2003), VALUED AT USD 56.81 MILLION, TO ASSIST 789,430 (INCLUDING 50,000 CONTINGENCY C [...] |
2002-11-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5788 |
WFP'S WEST AFRICA REGIONAL AIRCRAFT EXPANDS [...] THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) HAS ISSUED A NEW SPECIAL OPERATION (SO) FOR ITS WEST AFRICA PASSENGER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05788 01 OF 03 021338Z AIRCRAFT SERVICE AND LAST WEEK ISSUED A DONOR'S ALERT FOR THE SO. THE NEW SO REQUESTS 1.2 MILLION USD FOR [...] |
2002-12-02 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5806 |
PROGRESS ON UNHCR-WFP MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] UNHCR AND WFP SIGNED A REVISED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) ON JULY 9 WHERE IT WAS AGREED THAT, ON A PILOT ONE-YEAR TRIAL BASIS, WFP WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BASIC FOOD RATION IN FIVE REFUGEE PROGRAMS. USMISSION HAS NOW BEEN INFORMED BY WFP THAT BO [...] |
2002-12-03 07:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME5813 |
WFP PROPOSES PARTNERSHIP WITH U.S. PEACE CORPS - [...] WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAMES MORRIS HAS REQUESTED UNITED STATES PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR GADDI H. VASQUEZ TO INVOLVE 1,000 PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS IN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ACTIVITIES BY 2004. WFP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF GLOBAL FOOD AID FLOWS. THE UNITED STATES IS WFP'S LEADI [...] |
2002-12-03 10:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5831 |
FODAG AMBASSADOR CONVEYS U.S. MESSAGE ON FOOD AID [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR TONY HALL, U.S. MISSION ROME, PRESENTED U.S. VIEWS ON THE GROWING HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA ON DECEMBER 2 TO SELECTED ROME-BASED PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES. AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE ALSO PARTICIPATED. EU AND AFRICAN REPRESENTA [...] |
2002-12-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AF EAID ETRD EU TBIO FAO WFP FAS |
| 02ROME5899 |
RSA AMBASSADOR SHEILA SISULU NAMED WFP DEPUTY [...] WFP HAS ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF AMBASSADOR SHEILA SISULU AS DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AMBASSADOR SISULU WILL ASSUME HER NEW DUTIES ON FEBRUARY 1, 2003. 2. A NATIONAL OF SOUTH AFRICA, AMBASSADOR SISULU BRINGS TO WFP AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND AS AN EDUCATION REFORMER AND ANTI-APARTHEID A [...] |
2002-12-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5916 |
FAO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPDATE - "AHEAD OF THE [...] CHRISTOPHER RITTER OF USAID'S BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, AGRICULTURE & TRADE (EGAT) RECENTLY REVIEWED FAO'S WORLD AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION CENTRE (WAICENT) AND RELATED PROJECTS IN SETTING STANDARDS IN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR DEVE [...] |
2002-12-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP FAO UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5937 |
DUTCH QUESTIONS ON FOOD CRISIS IN THE HORN OF [...] USMISSION PROVIDES A RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN REF A, RELATED TO THE LOCAL AVAILABIITY OF FOOD RESOURCES FOR LOCAL/REGIONAL PURCHASE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA AND THE FOOD AID PIPELINE FOR ETHIOPIA IN EARLY 2003. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------------------- -------------- QUE [...] |
2002-12-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU ER ET NL WFP UN |
| 02ROME6072 |
CURRENT FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN IRAQ [...] (S) THE CURRENT OIL FOR FOOD (OFF) DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM IN IRAQ DELIVERS FOOD TO ALL IRAQIS. IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 25.8 MILLION BENEFICIARIES RECEIVED A FOOD RATION FROM 49,000 SMALL SHOPS THAT SERVE AS THE DISTRIBUTION SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06072 01 O [...] |
2002-12-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP |
| 02ROME6133 |
WFP/IRAQ COUNTRY DIRECTOR SHARES THOUGHTS [...] (S) CURRENT RATION CARD SYSTEM IS CUMBERSOME FOR THOSE WHO BECOME DISPLACED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES MOVEMENT FROM THE SOUTH/CENTRAL TO THE NORTH. U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06133 01 OF 05 241419Z (WFP) HAS OBTAINED PARTIAL DATABASE [...] |
2002-12-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP |
| 02ROME6146 |
DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS - "THE ANGUISH OF [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED UGANDA DECEMBER 18-23, AND TRAVELED IN GULU DISTRICT IN THE NORTHERN REGION. SERIOUS INSECURITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION (GULU, KITGUM, LIRA AND PADER DISTRICTS) HAS LED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 735,000 PEOPLE INTO CONGESTED SETTLEMENTS. THE [...] |
2002-12-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME6153 |
RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS REGARDING WFP AND FOOD [...] (S) IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06153 01 OF 05 301327Z GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ'S (GOI) MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (MOT) ARE FURTHER DEFINED AS THEY RELATE TO T [...] |
2002-12-30 11:37:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP |
| 02ROME6166 |
PROPOSED VISIT TO NORTH KOREA AND THE REGION [...] WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JIM MORRIS HAS INFORMED ME THAT UP TO 4.5 MILLION HUNGRY WOMEN, CHILDREN AND ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE BEING CUT OFF FROM WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF A LACK OF CONTRIBUTIONS. THESE ARE VULNERABLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FOOD AID ON A CONTINUAL BASIS AND WHO [...] |
2002-12-31 10:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF WFP |
| 02ROME817 |
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR RELIEF ACTIVITIES [...] USAID/PPC'S HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ADVISOR VISITED ROME JANUARY 20-23, 2002 TO PROMOTE THE USE OF CRUDE MORTALITY RATE (CMR) AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN UNDER FIVE AS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) RELIEF ACTIVITIES. THESE MEETINGS RESULTED IN WFP'S AGREE [...] |
2002-02-15 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID WFP UN |
| 02ROME886 |
FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] DESPITE OBJECTIONS TO THE PROCESS, THE BOARD WELCOMED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FAO'S INTENTION IS APPOINT JAMES T. MORRIS (AMCIT) AS THE NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAM. ON WFP'S SIZABLE CASH AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, THE BOARD REQ [...] |
2002-02-21 16:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ANKARA1380 |
USAID/DART: NGO REGISTRATION PROCESS IN TURKEY: THE [...] HUMANITARIAN NGOS SEEKING FORMAL REGISTRATION IN TURKEY CONTINUE TO FACE A CUMBERSOME PROCESS, BUT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT WILL CONSIDER EXPEDITED ARRANGEMENTS TO ALLOW DELIVERY OF RELIEF TO IRAQ THROUGH TURKEY. MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT'S DI [...] |
2003-03-04 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EFIN PHUM AORC MOPS PREL IZ TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1704 |
DART: CURRENT PICTURE IN TURKEY FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS TRANSITING SUPPLIES TO NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) The current picture in Turkey for International Organizations, the United Nations, and international NGOs for cross-border humanitarian operations is still unclear. To date, no international organization has received an official permit to transit humanitarian supplies through Turkey to no [...] |
2003-03-18 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1706 |
PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related SIPDIS humanitarian planning issues with the GOT, humanitarian organizations and representatives of the two Kurdish-administered areas of northern Iraq. Dewey emphasized the U.S. int [...] |
2003-03-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1739 |
DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source), UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...] |
2003-03-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1745 |
DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source), UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...] |
2003-03-19 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1799 |
DART: MARCH 18 NGO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) On March 18, DART Field Office/North facilitated the first coordination meeting among Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), the United Nations (U.N.), and USG humanitarian personnel in Ankara, Turkey. Representatives from ten NGOs were in attendance, namely: Mercy Corps International (MC [...] |
2003-03-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1805 |
DART: DISCUSSIONS WITH NATO/EADRCC ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) On March 13, Dart Field Office/North and Embassy PMA Scott Oudkirk met with Col. Bernie Hunstad and Tom Nett from NATO,s Euro-Atlantic Response Coordination Center (EADRCC). The one-hour meeting covered an overview of NATO,s role in providing humanitarian supplies to the Government of Tur [...] |
2003-03-21 07:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1835 |
UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: MFA, UN AND [...] (C) Emboffs met with MFA, Turkish Red Crescent and UN officials just before and after the start of military operations in Iraq to gauge preparedness and review humanitarian assistance issues. MFA told us it is willing to host a coordination mechanism involving the USG and UN agencies, pending [...] |
2003-03-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA2049 |
TFIZ01: MFA PREPARED TO MEET TRILATERALLY WITH USG [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 10. Summary ------- 2. (C) Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations called a meeting on March 27 with Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and UNHCR Deputy Representative for Turkey to prov [...] |
2003-03-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA2195 |
NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 2 APRIL [...] (U) UN OCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 2 April at UN House in Ankara. UN OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNJLC, IFRC, the American Red Cross, nine NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. The UN reported that food and non-food items transited the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and 1 Ap [...] |
2003-04-04 10:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA2347 |
NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 9 APRIL [...] (U) Summary: UNOCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 9 April in Ankara. UNOCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, the American Red Cross, ten NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. UNHCR reported no refugee movements in the region. As a result, the GOT Crisis Center and the Turkish Red Crescent Socie [...] |
2003-04-11 07:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03KATHMANDU1295 |
NEPAL: WORLD FOOD PROGRAM DEALS WITH MAOISTS AND [...] (S) Summary. The World Food Program (WFP) in Nepal has been operating in the most heavily Maoist-affected areas in Nepal since the last quarter of 2002. WFP Director Joergensen reports that through April 2003, the cease-fire had enabled villagers and traders to travel freely, increasing acce [...] |
2003-07-10 02:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1062 |
HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT #1 24 [...] This is the initial USG Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) daily cable that will report on the humanitarian situation within Iraq from Kuwait City. End Summary. ------------- DART ARRIVALS ------------- 2. Team West is fully constituted with the arrival of NGaertner and JAcree. [...] |
2003-03-24 18:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1080 |
USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] The DART is expecting the delivery of relief supplies to the warehouse in Kuwait within the week. On 23 March, a WFP plane arrived at Kuwait International Airport with 40 MT of high-energy biscuits, and on 24 March, two shipments of wheat donated by the Australian Government departed Muscat [...] |
2003-03-25 17:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1103 |
USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] On 25 March, the Health Fusion Cell met with representatives in water and sanitation, civil governance, and OTI to strategize on health and water assessments, funding capabilities, and interventions. CA assessments have begun in Safwan to determine the condition of the 5,000 people who are i [...] |
2003-03-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ KU WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1104 |
USAID/DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] There has been no new influx of IDPs in northern Iraq since Iraq closed and mined the roads from the South. The ICRC confirmed that movements in the Kurdish-controlled areas were small compared to recent media reports. On 24 March MCI reported that people have begun returning to Sulaimaniyah [...] |
2003-03-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1121 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT - UMM QASR [...] On 26 March, five members of the USAID/DART drove from Kuwait City to Umm Qasr, Iraq to assess the prevailing security and to examine the damage to port infrastructure. Umm Qasr has an estimated population of 40,000 people and two port areas. Currently, there is no electricity or running wat [...] |
2003-03-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1122 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION [...] On 26 March, the Regional Coordinator for UNICEF/Iraq convened a water/sanitation meeting in collaboration with the HOC USACE. The limited effectiveness of treatment plants combined with the shortage of technical capability in Iraq for repairs and management means that water and sewage are m [...] |
2003-03-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1123 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF FOOD, WATER, AND HEALTH [...] On 27 March, the DART, with assistance from Coalition forces, conducted an assessment of the food, water, and health situation in Umm Qasr. With regard to the Coalition military presence in Umm Qasr, the DART was impressed by the priority being placed on providing security to the community, [...] |
2003-03-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1181 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION [...] Humanitarian assistance is beginning to flow into parts of southern Iraq provided by both the Kuwaiti Red Crescent and Coalition forces. An UNSECOORD security assessment team is expected to travel to Umm Qasr on 30 March to determine whether the town can be deemed a permissive environment for [...] |
2003-04-01 08:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1242 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART UPDATES FROM SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] On 31 March, DART members, accompanied by Coalition forces, conducted a rapid assessment of Basra International Airport and a water treatment plant located on the airport property. On 2 April, the DART received updates from Coalition forces on the status of Umm Qasr Port, as well as food and [...] |
2003-04-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1251 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 1 APRIL 2003 [...] UNHCR has heard anecdotal reports of two to three thousand Iraqis ------------------------ POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS ------------------------ 2. A spokesman from the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) reporte 3. In a meeting with the DART on March 29, the Head of the United Na [...] |
2003-04-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1256 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 1 APRIL 2003 [...] UNHCR has heard anecdotal reports of two to three thousand Iraqis fleeing Basrah. On 31 March, Coalition forces deemed the coastal land route to Umm Qasr a permissive environment. NGO convoys traveling to Umm Qasr will need to coordinate their movements through the HOC. On 3 March, UNICEF r [...] |
2003-04-06 07:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1271 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 2 APRIL [...] On 1 April, DART personnel in Umm Qasr reported concerns over water distribution. Additional DART personnel will travel to Umm Qasr on 2 April to discuss the distribution plans in more detail with those involved. On 28 March, Coalition forces conducted an assessment of Umm Qasr hospital, wh [...] |
2003-04-06 09:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1288 |
TFIZ01: DART/PRM SITUATION REPORT 6 APRIL 2003 [...] On 4 April, DART members in Umm Qasr met with Coalition forces, who provided an overview of the situation in the town. According to Coalition forces, 1,500 to 2,000 people from Basrah have moved to Umm Qasr. On 3 April, one Emergency Health Kit was sent from the OFDA warehouse to a hospital [...] |
2003-04-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1296 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM SITUATION REPORT 7 APRIL 2003 [...] The first ship containing Australian-donated wheat is expected to off-load at the main port in Kuwait City on 7 April. The DART's APU continues to engage NGOs and Coalition forces on plans for responding to human rights abuses. The USAID Reconstruction Team is working with ORHA, Coalition [...] |
2003-04-08 04:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1359 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 10 APRIL 2003 [...] The DART met with the newly established town council in Umm Qasr on 9 April. WFP will hold a meeting in Rome to discuss the current food pipeline for Iraq, including donor contributions and how the OFF may offset certain requirements as outlined in the U.N. consolidated appeal on 10 April. [...] |
2003-04-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1360 |
TFIZ01: DART UMM QASR WATER UPDATE 9 APRIL 2003 [...] On 8 April, the DART attended the Water/Sanitation Sectoral Meeting, held at the UNDP Office in Kuwait City. The DART also met with civil affairs representative and UNICEF to discuss the water supply situation in Umm Qasr. The following report is based on these meetings. END SUMMARY. ---- [...] |
2003-04-12 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1361 |
TFIZ01: DART UMM QASR TRIP REPORT 9 APRIL 2003 [...] On 5 April, the DART made a third assessment trip to Umm Qasr. The DART joined up with two members positioned in Umm Qasr and met Coalition force representatives and five community leaders, who have assumed the role of the civilian leadership of the town following the departure of most Baath [...] |
2003-04-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1415 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 13 APRIL 2003 [...] The issue of milling of the Australian-donated wheat has yet to be resolved as WFP cannot proceed with milling until the negotiations with OIP are completed. Representatives of the IRAC reported that documents have been completely looted from GOI intelligence offices in Umm Qasr. DART member [...] |
2003-04-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1446 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 14 APRIL 2003 [...] The results of the Coalition assessment of health facilities in Basrah City were briefed at the Humanitarian Operations Center on 10 April. The assessment found that most of the 82 primary health centers are functioning and have sufficient staff, supplies, and equipment for the present time. [...] |
2003-04-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1514 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 17 APRIL 2003 [...] The DART food team attended a meeting with Coalition forces and WFP on 15 April during which WFP requested that Coalition forces provide security at warehouses, silos, and mills. Coalition forces agreed to try to provide security to the food infrastructure sites and to assist in getting esse [...] |
2003-04-19 17:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1515 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 17 APRIL 2003 [...] The DART food team attended a meeting with Coalition forces and WFP on 15 April during which WFP requested that Coalition forces provide security at warehouses, silos, and mills. Coalition forces agreed to try to provide security to the food infrastructure sites and to assist in getting esse [...] |
2003-04-20 05:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1766 |
TFIZ01: DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] The situation in northern Iraq areas remains semi-stable. There is almost no movement of IDPs, and UNOPS believes there is no IDP emergency in the North. UNOPS is considering returning to pre- war activities once the status of the U.N. in Iraq is clarified. ICRC also reported that the need f [...] |
2003-04-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1825 |
TFIZ01: FUEL SITUATION IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] Concern about the supply of cooking gas and related fuels for the southern region of Iraq continues. The Basrah refinery, the reported primary source of LPG cooking gas for most of the south, is damaged and not expected to be on line for at least a month. An effort to provide bottled gas fro [...] |
2003-05-04 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1826 |
TFIZ01: DART REPORT ON WFP/UNICEF & NGO FOOD AND [...] The DART met with WFP, UNICEF, and several NGOs on 28 April to discuss developments in the food and nutrition sectors. Of primary interest were WFP's assessment of Ministry of Trade (MOT) capacity in Basrah and IMC's assessment in the Amarah-Al Kut corridor. End Summary. ----------------- [...] |
2003-05-04 12:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1830 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF HEET AND AL HADITHAH [...] DART Field Team West began assessing communities along the Euphrates River northeast of Ar Ramadi on 27 April. The DART traveled the main highway between Ar Rutbah and the intersection with Highway 12. The DART assessed both the Heet and Al Hadithah communities in Al Anbar governorate. In g [...] |
2003-05-04 13:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1831 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AR RUTBAH [...] Members of DART Field Team West traveled from Jordan to Ar Rutbah in western Iraqi on 26 April. The team met with local officials including the newly selected mayor, health officials, PDS food agents, education officials and local community members. CARE sent two water engineers to Ar Rutba [...] |
2003-05-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1849 |
TFIZ01: DART AN NASIRIYAH TRIP REPORT 1 - 2 MAY [...] Between 1 and 2 May, the DART traveled to An Nasiriyah. Accompanied by GOAL and IMC, the DART visited two hospitals and local water and sewage treatment facilities. The DART attended the CMOC briefing on 2 May, during which, local leaders presented the town's most critical needs: food, propa [...] |
2003-05-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1850 |
TFIZ01: FUEL SITUTATION IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] Concern about the supply of cooking gas and related fuels for the southern region of Iraq continues. The Basrah refinery, the reported primary source of LPG cooking gas for most of the south, is damaged and not expected to be on line for at least a month. An effort to provide bottled gas fro [...] |
2003-05-05 15:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1851 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AL ANBAR [...] Between 26 and 29 April, DART Field Team West traveled more than 1,400 km inside Iraq conducting an assessment of communities in the western governorate of Al Anbar. The DART conducted assessments in Ar Rutbah, Hadithah, Anah, and Heet. The DART also stopped in Baghdad to talk with some com [...] |
2003-05-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1931 |
TFIZ01: DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] The situation in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq remains calm. The security level above the former "green line" has been declared permissive. CMOC has declared Kirkuk to be permissive and Mosul to be semi-permissive during daylight hours. Confusion as to which political body [...] |
2003-05-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1932 |
TFIZ01: FOOD SUPPLIES IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE [...] Representatives of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MOT), DART, WFP, and Coalition forces met on 4 May at the CMOC in Basrah to review the status of Basrah's Public Distribution System (PDS) for food rations, and to determine what immediate steps need to be taken to enable officials in Basrah Gov [...] |
2003-05-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1933 |
TFIZ01: DART UPDATE FROM MOSUL [...] The situation in northern Iraq remains calm. On 5 May, DART Team North visited Mosul for the first time. The climate in the city appears vibrant and bustling, and there is a large Coalition presence. Delegates representing a cross-section of Mosul's religious and ethnic groups elected 24 to [...] |
2003-05-10 10:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1945 |
TFIZ01: COALITION FORCES TO ASSIST WFP IN [...] The DART and WFP met with Coalition forces on 29 April. Coalition forces agreed to contact WFP national staff and work with them to determine the status of Ministry of Trade (MOT) buildings and records, condition of silos, mills and warehouses, water and electricity for these structures, IDP [...] |
2003-05-10 10:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1948 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AL HILLAH [...] The DART conducted a security assessment of Al Hillah, capital of the Babil governorate, on 2 May. The town has approximately 400,000, mostly Shia, residents. Coalition forces ranked the threat assessment as "low to none," but acknowledged that there was a problem with organized crime. Ther [...] |
2003-05-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1969 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF ANAH AND KHAN AL [...] DART Field Team West conducted an assessment of the village of Anah on 28 April. Although the visit was abbreviated, the DART was in town long enough to determine that electricity was functioning, water was flowing in the piped system, the PDS was in place and functioning, and the health cen [...] |
2003-05-10 15:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2100 |
INFANT FORMULA AND THE PDS IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE [...] UNICEF recently released a policy paper recommending that infant formula be immediately deleted from the OFF general ration. The following report summarizes information gathered by the DART from WFP local female staff, home interviews, and IDP interviews in Basrah Governorate between 4 and 1 [...] |
2003-05-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2101 |
DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] According to MORAD, more than 1,000 families have returned to their villages in southern Arbil governorate; one week ago the number was 313. The most critical need in these villages is water. There are between 130,000 and 140,000 MT of wheat (of unknown quality) currently in MOT stores in [...] |
2003-05-19 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2102 |
POLICING AND SECURITY IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] The primary concern for Iraqis throughout the southern region continues to be security. The security situation is improving gradually due to the efforts of Coalition forces to establish new Iraqi police forces, but much work remains. The lack of adequate resources or clear guidelines for loca [...] |
2003-05-19 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2103 |
IRANIAN REFUGEES IN IRAQ [...] An estimated 7,000 Iranian refugees live in Iraq, mostly in settlements from Al Amarah to Al Kut. Life for them has become more precarious with the defeat of the former regime. When most arrived in Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war 23 years ago, the regime rewarded refugees with parcels of land. [...] |
2003-05-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2104 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF AL AMARAH [...] DART Field Team South traveled to the southeastern Iraqi Governorate of Maysan on 7 May to assess security along the main highway from Basrah to Al Amarah and within the city of Al Amarah itself. During the trip, the DART met with Coalition forces based in and around the city. End Summary. [...] |
2003-05-19 07:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2105 |
DART AL HILLAH ASSESSMENT [...] DART Field Team West arrived in Al Hillah on 11 May. On 12 May, the DART visited a maternity and children's hospital in Al Hillah, met with some local wakils, and met with representatives of Save the Children/U.S. who were returning through Al Hillah from a recent assessment of An Najaf and [...] |
2003-05-19 07:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF WFP IZ |
| 03KUWAIT2106 |
DART AR RUTBAH UPDATE [...] The DART Field Team West visited Ar Rutbah, Anbar Governorate on 10 May, meeting with cooperative agreement partner World Vision, the former hospital director, and Coalition forces. Since the DART's last visit to Ar Rutbah on 6 May, the town of 25,000 people experienced a failed distribution o [...] |
2003-05-19 07:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2107 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] The DART conducted an assessment on 10 May of the newly established Palestinian refugee camp in the Baladi Yat area of Baghdad. Although the camp appeared to be well managed by the Palestinian Red Crescent and is supported by the surrounding community, an inadequate water and sanitation syst [...] |
2003-05-19 07:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF KPAL IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2108 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF AL TASH REFUGEE CAMP [...] The DART conducted an assessment of the Al Tash Refugee Camp near Ar Ramadi on 9 May. Based on meetings with the camp council and movement through the camp, the DART determined there is not a critical humanitarian situation within the camp. End Summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- [...] |
2003-05-19 07:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2133 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF SAMAWAH [...] DART Field Team West visited Samawah, the capital of Al Muthanna governorate on 15 May. Overall, vital services in the city appear to be operating at pre-war levels. Electricity and water remain sporadic. Hospitals and public health centers are operating, schools are open, stores and market [...] |
2003-05-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2134 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF KARBALA [...] DART Field Team West traveled to Karbala to meet with local officials and gather assessment information on 15 May. The population is generally friendly and happy with the Coalition presence. There have been neither threats to Coalition forces nor targeted incidents. Sixty Iraqi police offi [...] |
2003-05-20 09:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2135 |
SUMMARY OF DART COMMODITIES PROVIDED IN RESPONSE [...] As part of its response to humanitarian needs in Iraq, the DART has provided commodities valued at approximately USD 690,000 for countrywide distribution through partner organizations. The commodities include both medical and hygiene kits; chronic medications; plastic sheeting; water contain [...] |
2003-05-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2136 |
DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] The situation in northern Iraq remains calm. CMOC and other sources project that approximately 100,000 IDPs will start returning from major cities in Kurdish-controlled Iraq to areas recently controlled by the former regime once the harvest and school seasons are completed. End Summary. - [...] |
2003-05-20 09:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2137 |
DART FOOD UPDATE [...] Members of the DART Food Team attended the weekly food and nutrition sectoral meeting on 5 May with members of WFP, UNICEF, Save the Children, and IMC. Topics addressed during the meeting included a briefing on the progress made by WFP in re-starting the PDS, a briefing on vulnerable group f [...] |
2003-05-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2138 |
OLD CASELOAD IDPS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] DART Field Team South met on 6 May with two extended families and their neighbors in a poor section of Basrah to assess their water and food needs. Most inhabitants of the area are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), some of who have been squatting on other people's land since the Iran- Ira [...] |
2003-05-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2170 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team West attended one of the largest governorate support team meetings in Al Hillah, with nearly 30 civil-military personnel, 24 local representatives, and ORHA staff participating. The DART also met with CARE Baghdad representatives to discuss potential emergency water intervent [...] |
2003-05-22 04:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2295 |
DART VISIT TO AD DIWANIYAH [...] Four members of DART Field Team West traveled to Ad Diwaniyah, Qadisiyah governorate between 21 and 22 May. The DART met with the local Governorate Support Team, various CMOC members, the Director General of the MOH, a team of doctors from the local maternal/pediatric hospital, WFP, Iraqi Re [...] |
2003-05-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2296 |
DART VISIT TO AN NAJAF [...] DART Field Team West traveled to An Najaf on 24 May to participate in special Marine and Army civil affairs briefings for ORHA in which a 5 June mayoral election was announced, possibly the first mayoral election in the country. WFP and MOT told the DART that they were ready to begin governo [...] |
2003-05-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2298 |
DART REPORT ON MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISM IN IRAQ [...] This is a DART report. Muslim fundamentalists are among the groups maneuvering for power in southern Iraq, traditionally the most conservative region of the country. Some conservative Muslims are threatening and harassing the country's Christian minority and instigating reprisals against for [...] |
2003-05-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2299 |
DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team North reports that there have been several violent incidents in Kirkuk with reports of several deaths. More Kurds are returning to villages in the Makhmur region, and there is little public infrastructure to support major influxes of returnees. WFP will begin receiving 136,00 [...] |
2003-05-28 16:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2300 |
DART REPORT: IRANIAN REFUGEES IN IRAQ [...] This is a DART report. Several thousand Iranian refugees are being pressured to leave their homes in Iraq and return to Iran, where some fear they will be killed, jailed, or face other repressive measures by the Government of Iran. Since the Coalition defeated the former Government of Iraq, [...] |
2003-05-29 05:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2377 |
DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] In Kirkuk, the 30-member city council was chosen by Coalition authorities on 24 May. Each of the main ethnic groups (Kurds, Turkmen, Assyrians, and Arabs) is represented on the council, which has also elected three assistant mayors: an ethnic Turk, an Assyrian, and a Kurd. A mayor and deputy [...] |
2003-06-01 18:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2378 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team West participated in the daily Governorate Support Team meeting in Al Hillah on 25 May and offered updates of its governorate-level engagements, including support to rehabilitate a human-rights organization's new offices, the facilitation of Babil food distribution, coordinati [...] |
2003-06-01 18:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2402 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF AL KUT [...] DART Field Team South visited Al Kut from 20 to 22 May and participated in three assistance coordination meetings that regularly take place in the city. The meetings provided an overview of the issues and needs currently being addressed in Wasit Governorate by Coalition forces, local Iraqi l [...] |
2003-06-03 10:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2410 |
DART UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF IRAQ'S PUBLIC [...] The Iraqi MOT called a meeting in Baghdad on 20 May of the Governorate MOT directors to discuss preparations for the first countrywide public food distribution since the war ended, set to begin in June. Representatives from ORHA, the DART, WFP, and Iraqi MOT attended. MOT officials raised s [...] |
2003-06-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2412 |
DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team North visited Dahuk on 20 May and met with the regional governor. MOHAC and UNOPS are discussing IDPs and return issues, and UNOPS has been conducting a survey of IDPs in northern Iraq. The DART traveled to Zemmar in Ninawa governorate on 22 May to attend a meeting to discuss [...] |
2003-06-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2413 |
DART CORRIDOR UPDATE: MOVING WFP FOOD COMMODITIES [...] To reach the monthly tonnage of 487,000 MT of food commodities needed for the first nationwide public distribution since the war, WFP had hoped to transport 30,000 MT of food every day into Iraq. Due to a combination of factors, including insecurity on the roads, insecure and damaged warehou [...] |
2003-06-03 10:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2415 |
PURCHASING WHEAT AND BARLEY IN IRAQ [...] The Executive Director of WFP met with ORHA staff in Baghdad on 13 May. The primary discussion point was WFP's plan for purchasing the local harvest. WFP has set aside USD 42 million for the purchase of approximately 100,000 MT wheat in the north. DART held follow-up conversations with WFP [...] |
2003-06-03 11:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2416 |
PUBLIC FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND THE HARVEST IN [...] WFP international staff will soon establish a full-time presence in Mosul, with responsibility also for At Tamim and Salah ad Din governorates. WFP, working with the MOT, is providing food to hospitals and social institutions in Mosul. WFP/Kirkuk reports that insecurity, salaries, and the n [...] |
2003-06-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2417 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] Following multiple trouble-shooting visits with WFP and Ministry of Trade teams in the upper south region of Iraq, the DART Field Team West Food Officer believes the public distribution system is prepared to meet June distribution expectations. Upcoming visits to Al Muthanna and Wasit Govern [...] |
2003-06-03 11:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2418 |
WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] According to IRC, there is no public health emergency in either Karbala or An Najaf governorates, but local residents are suffering from chronic, preventable health problems. The DART met with a health representative from Babil to discuss ways to solve emergency health problems in Al Hillah, [...] |
2003-06-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2457 |
FOOD AND NUTRITION SECTOR MEETING 13 MAY [...] The DART attended the weekly food and nutrition sector meeting at the WFP office in Basrah on 13 May. The Central Ministry of Trade in Baghdad, in coordination with WFP, has decided the first countrywide PDS distribution will begin in June. The MOT is holding a meeting in Baghdad on 20 May [...] |
2003-06-04 16:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2489 |
BASRAH PREPARATIONS FOR THE REVIVAL OF THE PUBLIC [...] The Central MOT in Baghdad announced the first nationwide public food distribution since the military action against the regime of Saddam Hussein, would begin in June. The commodities and size of the June ration are publicized. There is concern that the ration is missing three commodities a [...] |
2003-06-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2521 |
DART UPDATE ON BABIL [...] The start of the June 1 food distribution was delayed one day in Babil because food agents needed to replace old food-recipient lists with updated ones that included newly registered people, such as newborns and returning Babil residents. The DART participated in the daily Governorate Suppo [...] |
2003-06-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2522 |
DART UPDATE ON AL MUTHANNA [...] (U) Health, security, water, and electricity conditions have improved in Samawah, Al Muthanna Governorate since the DART's last visit on 15 May, according to the deputy governor. He said unemployment was now the largest problem. The DART also visited with WFP, ACTED, and with CMOC staff. W [...] |
2003-06-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2638 |
DART REPORT ON DOCUMENTATION LOSS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] The pervasive looting that occurred throughout Iraq in the wake of the conflict created several challenges for future humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts. One of those challenges affecting many sectors was the loss of official documentation for identification and operational pu [...] |
2003-06-16 15:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2639 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 2 JUNE [...] DART Field Team West witnessed the smooth start up of the public distribution system in Al Hillah on 2 June with numerous food trucks dropping off and picking up commodities. Public response to the mistaken release of a notorious killer, linked to thousands of victims in the mass graves of B [...] |
2003-06-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2640 |
THE PUBLIC FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BEGINS IN THE [...] June distributions begin in the three northern governorates of Dahuk, Arbil, and As Sulaymaniyah, while at the same time, WFP continues to provide catch-up rations of wheat flour. Differences that exist between the distributions in the three northern governorates and the central/south are be [...] |
2003-06-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2641 |
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PREPARATIONS IN [...] Coalition forces vacated the silo in Karbala and the warehouse in Al Hillah to make way for food arrivals, but continue to provide security to both structures. UXO has been discovered in the Karbala MOT warehouse. Large quantities of food have begun to arrive in Al Hillah for the Babil Gove [...] |
2003-06-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2705 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 10 JUNE [...] Interventions by the DART have paid dividends this week with increased security at food distribution points and improvements in supply procurement. Also this week, CARE began work on rehabilitating the frail water-treatment system of Al Hillah that serves 750,000 people. The project, funded [...] |
2003-06-18 16:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2707 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 8 JUNE [...] DART Field Team West visited a rural health center and two village water supply units on 8 June in An Najaf with DART-partner International Rescue Committee, which has already begun DART-funded work in rural water and health in An Najaf and Karbala. The DART also met with WFP staff, who said [...] |
2003-06-18 16:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2788 |
DART TEAM WEST WAVE I FINAL REPORT: 14 JUNE [...] From 26 April to 13 June, DART Team West traveled thousands of miles in Iraq, conducting assessments, liaising with local Coalition forces and Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) personnel, identifying and funding emergency and community activities, facilitating humanitarian assistance, an [...] |
2003-06-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PHUM IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2789 |
DART FOOD UPDATE IN THE NORTH [...] Nearly 400 WFP-contracted trucks from Syria with approximately 16,000 metric tons (MT) of bulk wheat grain have arrived at the Kirkuk silo complex since 12 June. WFP expects to be able soon to offload 6,000 MT per day at the Kirkuk silo. Food distributions are proceeding apace in Kirkuk an [...] |
2003-06-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2790 |
DART UPDATE ON MARSH ARAB SETTLEMENTS [...] DART members from Kuwait City made several visits to Marsh Arab settlements in Maysan governorate between 4 and 9 June, including Al Amarah, the governorate's capital, and Al Khaila, a non-Marsh Arab community east of the Maimona "River of Honor". DART members were sometimes accompanied by [...] |
2003-06-23 15:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2823 |
DART: UPDATE OF WORK AT THE PORT OF UMM QASR [...] The Iraqi Director of Ports is very concerned about security in the port and is frustrated by his lack of knowledge about what is occurring at the port. Bechtel's large dredger, the Carolina, is to finish dredging berth 10 (bulk grain facility) on 18 June. It will then turn its dredging eff [...] |
2003-06-25 10:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT3235 |
DART: SALE OF DONATED HUMANITARIAN FOOD AID IN [...] Stemming from reports of the widespread sale of humanitarian food aid in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad markets, members of USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted a rapid survey at food markets in Baghdad, Al Hillah, As Sulaymaniyah, and Arbil in an effort to determine the [...] |
2003-07-20 04:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT3496 |
DART: IRAQ'S PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM--COMPLETION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03ROME1069 |
IMMINENT WFP FOOD PIPELINE BREAK IN THE CAUCASUS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME1220 |
WFP TO LAUNCH IRAQ REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION FOR [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 26, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM WILL, SUBJECT TO UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 01220 01 OF 05 241311Z THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE UN COLLECTIVE APPEAL FOR IRAQ, RELEASE A REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR IRAQ VALUED AT U.S. [...] |
2003-03-24 13:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP |
| 03ROME1268 |
G8 FAMINE MEETINGS IN ROME [...] (SBU) G8 MEMBER STATES DID NOT REACH CONSENSUS ON A COMMON TEXT FOR PRESENTATION. OPPOSITION TO A U.S.-FRENCH DRAFT WAS LED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND CANADA, WHO FAVOR PRESENTATION OF A LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR TEXT (REPRODUCED BELOW). THE U.S.- FRENCH DRAFT RECEIVED [...] |
2003-03-25 16:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP |
| 03ROME1511 |
WFP-PARTNER CONSULTATION OF EMERGENCY NEEDS [...] WFP HOSTED A TWO-AND-ONE-HALF DAY CONSULTATION ON EMERGENCY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS (ENA) AT CASTEL GANDOLFO (NEAR ROME) MARCH 12-14, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF EIGHT DONORS, FIVE UN AGENCIES, NINE NGOS, USAID'S FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM NETWORK (FEWS NET), AND TWO PROMINENT REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS [...] |
2003-04-09 10:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP |
| 03ROME1957 |
"TWINNING" - WORLD FOOD PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) AS A FOLLOW UP TO REF A, US MISSION RECENTLY DISCUSSED WITH WFP'S JOHN POWELL THE LATEST THINKING RELATED TO "TWINNING" EFFORTS AIMED AT EXPANDING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S FUNDING BASE. TWINNING INVOLVES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MECHANISM/STRATEGY TO MATCH NON-TRADITIONAL DONORS OF FOOD AID C [...] |
2003-05-07 13:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME1958 |
G8 ACTIONS PROPOSED BY WORLD FOOD PROGRAM RELATED [...] (SBU) US MISSION HAS RECEIVED A WFP EXPANDED TEXT BUILDING ON REMARKS MADE BY WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAMES MORRIS TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 7 - REGARDING SUGGESTED STEPS THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN TAKE NOW RELATED TO THE SERIOUS FOOD CRISES ENGULFING MUCH OF SUB- SAHARAN AF [...] |
2003-05-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP |
| 03ROME1984 |
U.S. DOLLAR 480,000 PROPOSAL FOR LINKING FAO/WFP [...] U.S. MISSION RECEIVED AN UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL VALUED AT U.S. DOLLAR 480,000 AIMED AT MORE TIGHTLY LINKING FAO/WFP JOINT CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENTS WITH THE SUB-SAHARAN REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CILSS AND SADC. US MISSION STRONGLY ENDORSES THIS OUTREACH BY FAO AND WFP TO STRENGTHEN UN LINKAG [...] |
2003-05-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP |
| 03ROME2102 |
TFIZ01: UPDATE ON FAO AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) US MISSION REVIEWED WITH FAO ON MAY 6 THE STATUS OF FAO PLANS TO RESUSCITATE ITS INTERVENTIONS IN IRAQ, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN GOVERNORATES. FAO INTERNATIONAL STAFF IS BEING REDEPLOYED IN INCREASING NUMBERS - SOME 50 WILL BE POSITIONED IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR BY-MID JUNE. FAO (A [...] |
2003-05-14 14:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP |
| 03ROME218 |
WFP REPORTS ON GENEVA MEETING ON IRAQ AND [...] (S) U.N. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR IN IRAQ, RAMIRO LOPES DA SILVA, REPORTS THAT THE FRAGILITY OF THE IRAQI SOCIETY IS EXTREME AND MILITARY ACTION THAT DISRUPTS THE CURRENT SYSTEMS WILL CREATE A DISASTROUS SITUATION. THE U.N. IS PLANNING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE NORTH WILL BE SHIELDED FROM MI [...] |
2003-01-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | AORC EAGR EAID EU KUNR PHUM PREF WFP |
| 03ROME2213 |
TFIZO1: FAO SAYS PRESS MISREPRESENTED VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MISOFFS CONTACTED THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) REGARDING RECENT PRESS REPORTS CONVEYING ALLEGED FAO CONCERN REGARDING THE FOOD SITUATION AND THE PROSPECT OF "STARVATION" IN IRAQ. LAURENT THOMAS, CHIEF OF SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROGRAMS, SAID THAT THE FAO'S VIEWS WE [...] |
2003-05-19 13:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID EAGR IZ FAO WFP |
| 03ROME2269 |
WHO LETTER ON GMO'S: CARTAGENA PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) DIRECTOR GENERAL REVEALED THAT THE WHO DIRECTOR GENERAL IS MISINFORMED CONCERNING THE ADVANCE INFORMED AGREEMENT PROVISION OF THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL. IN URGING WF [...] |
2003-05-22 10:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID EAGR ETRD TBIO SENV WFP WHO |
| 03ROME2349 |
TFIZ01: FAO AWAITING GUIDANCE ON ROLE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. USDA/FAS DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR MARY CHAMBLISS AND BABETTE GAINOR, FAS/EXPORT CREDITS, ACCOMPANIED BY MISSION OFFICERS KATIE NISHIURA AND TIM LAVELLE, CALLED UPON LAURENT THOMAS, CHIEF, SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROGRAMMES SERVICE, FAO, TO DISCUSS FAO'S ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ. THOMAS SAID T [...] |
2003-05-28 10:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID IZ FAO WFP IZAORC EAGR TR |
| 03ROME2408 |
TFIZ01: WFP PURCHASE OF IRAQI WHEAT [...] IMMEDIATELY UPON MY RETURN TO POST, I SPOKE WITH WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JIM MORRIS ON THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2003 CONCERNING WFP'S PURCHASE OF IRAQI WHEAT. I EMPHASIZED THAT VERY RAPID ACTION IS CRITICAL. THE ATTENTION OF THE WORLD IS ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ RIGHT NOW AND SP [...] |
2003-05-30 13:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR IZ WFP |
| 03ROME2493 |
WFP POST-DELIVERY LOSSES IN BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) WFP has issued a copy of a 2002-2003 draft food loss report conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) entitled "Food Aid Leakages in Bangladesh," supported by funding from the U.S., Australia, Canada, and the European Community. Preliminary findings are distu [...] |
2003-06-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME2620 |
ANNUAL SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] The WFP Board annual session took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented level of emergency needs (particularly in Africa where 38-40 million people face starvation). The modalities of WFP assistance to Iraq, which will represent one-third of WFP's worldwide efforts in 2003, was widely [...] |
2003-06-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME2657 |
SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (U) In an abbreviated Board session (one day), the Executive Board approved a country program for Pakistan, a school feeding intervention for Lesotho, and protracted relief and recovery operations for Kenya (Somali and Sudanese refugees), Uganda (refugees and internally displaced), and the Cen [...] |
2003-06-12 10:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME2662 |
"Donneybrook" between India and several European [...] (SBU) At two WFP Executive Board sessions (May 29 and June 2), the Netherlands and Sweden criticized India and by inference South Africa, Eritrea and China (WFP emerging developing country donors) for contributing to WFP while failing to adequately address hunger at home. The Indian ambassado [...] |
2003-06-12 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME2714 |
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA HUMANITARIAN CRISIS DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) The growing threat of possible famine in Ethiopia and Eritrea was discussed on a number of occasions on the margins of the just concluded WFP Board sessions May 28-June 3, most notably in a lunch hosted by WFP Executive Director Morris on June 2 attended by the United States, European Comm [...] |
2003-06-16 12:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME2716 |
WFP REVIEW OF 2002 GLOBAL FOOD AID FLOWS [...] WFP has just released a report on Global Food Aid deliveries in 2002 entitled "2002 Food Aid Flows, May 2003." The trends by geographic region are highlighted below. The data clearly reveals that the United States, which provided 64 percent of all global food aid and 50 percent of all emergenc [...] |
2003-06-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME3162 |
US Mission/Rome visit to Ethiopia June 26-July 5, [...] In visits to the Southern Nations (SNNPR) (the epicenter of the present emergency in Ethiopia), Oromiya and Afar regions, US Mission/Rome's Humanitarian Attache witnessed local authorities, UN personnel, NGOs, and others trying to "get ahead" of the widespread and deep humanitarian crisis stil [...] |
2003-07-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME3212 |
WFP/LIBERIA'S CURRENT OPERATIONS AND PLANS [...] Per ref A, US Mission queried WFP's Deputy Director for West Africa Arnold Verken who described both present and planned World Food Program operational steps which are described below. WFP is in the process of chartering a supply ship to be used as a mobile floating office off the coast of Mo [...] |
2003-07-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME3257 |
US MISSION/ROME MEETS WITH FAO ON TRANSITION PLANS [...] (SBU) US MISSION MET ON JULY 11 WITH LAURENT THOMAS, FAO SENIOR OPERATIONS OFFICER, SPECIAL RELIEF OPERATIONS SERVICE TO DISCUSS FAO'S TRANSITION PLANS FOR ITS IRAQ OPERATIONS. FAO IS COGNIZANT OF THE NEED TO KEEP UP A DAILY DIALOGUE WITH THE COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA) IN "MANAGI [...] |
2003-07-17 08:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID EAGR IZ FAO WFP |
| 03ROME3311 |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 2002 EMERGENCY FOOD AID FLOWS [...] WFP"S GLOBAL FOOD AID DELIVERIES REPORT "2002 FOOD AID FLOWS, MAY 2003" CLEARLY REVEALS THAT THE UNITED STATES, WHICH PROVIDED 64 PERCENT OF ALL GLOBAL FOOD AID AND 50 PERCENT OF ALL EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE THIS PAST YEAR, IS BY FAR THE WORLD'S LEADER IN RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES. THE EUROPE [...] |
2003-07-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME341 |
WFP FOOD AID - A "FIRST CUT" ON FUTURE WFP [...] WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) PRESENTED "NOTES FOR A CONSULTATION ON STRATEGIC ISSUES" IN ROME ON JANUARY 14, 2003. WFP REITERATED ITS INTENT TO INTENSIFY ITS FOCUS IN COUNTRIES WITH THE GREATEST NEED - WHICH IT DEFINED AS THOSE WITH A PER CAPITA GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDI) OF LESS THAN USD 885 A [...] |
2003-01-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 03ROME3583 |
Increasing pressure on the Rohingya refugees in [...] (SBU) US/Mission Rome Humanitarian Attache visited two UNHCR-managed Rohingya refugee camps on July 29-30 - Kutupalong and Nayapara - located in Teknaf Thana (Cox's Bazar district, at the southernmost tip of Bangladesh directly bordering Burma) which house approximately 20,000 Burmese Muslims [...] |
2003-08-08 04:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME3591 |
UN FLASH APPEAL FOR THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC [...] AS PER RECENT UNITED NATIONS (UN) STATEMENTS, THE SITUATION IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC HAS STABILIZED SUFFICIENTLY TO ENABLE THE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. THE U.S. DOLLARS (USD) 9.1 MILLION UN FLASH APPEAL, AVAILABLE ON RELIEFWEB (THE WEB SITE OF THE UN'S OFFICE FOR THE COORDI [...] |
2003-08-08 08:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR WFP UN |
| 03ROME3595 |
ASPECTS OF WFP NEPAL COUNTRY PROGRAM - US [...] A representative of the US Mission to the UN Food and Agricultural Agencies (FODAG) visited the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Nepal to assess security aspects of WFP's on-going development activities in view of the Maoist insurrection. UN controls to prevent sexual a [...] |
2003-08-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF AORC WFP UN |
| 03ROME3607 |
Policy dialogue session in Dhaka on WFP post- [...] (U) The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) led a July 24 policy dialogue session in Dhaka to review key findings and preliminary recommendations of its WFP commissioned Food Aid Leakages study. Sub-studies on losses linked to discharge in ports, transit losses through the nat [...] |
2003-08-08 15:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME3625 |
TUFTS UNIVERSITY DISCUSSIONS WITH WFP, FAO [...] In March, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Andrew S. Natsios dispatched a team from Tufts University's Feinstein International Famine Center to Ethiopia to review early warning systems related to food security issues. On July 17 and 18, three team members brie [...] |
2003-08-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN FAO |
| 03ROME3682 |
WFP READOUT ON THE USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR [...] U.S. MISSION ROME SOUGHT AND RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) REGARDING THE REGISTRATION OF REFUGEES USING BIOMETRICS. ALTHOUGH THE PAKISTAN CASE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AS REPORTED, WFP CONSIDERS THAT SUCH A PROCEDURE MAY BE USEFUL IN THE FUTURE AND THEREFORE WOULD [...] |
2003-08-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID TZ PK WFP |
| 03ROME3684 |
WFP EMERGENCY (EMOP) APPEAL FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA [...] The US Mission in Rome draws your attention to the special appeal recently made by the Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) for donor support to WFP's new emergency operation (EMOP) for Southern Africa covering the period from July 2003 through June 2004. The food aid appea [...] |
2003-08-14 08:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF AORC WFP UN |
| 03ROME3691 |
2003 ECHO EVALUATION OF ITS FUNDING OF WFP [...] (U) Quest Consult's Synthesis Report of February 2003, which was financed by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), presents findings and recommendations pertaining to World Food Program (WFP) emergency-related activities (with ECHO-funding) in Afghanistan, Eritrea, Serbia, an [...] |
2003-08-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR WFP UN |
| 03ROME371 |
USAID/DCHA TEAM DISCUSSES WFP GEARING UP FOR [...] (S) USAID/DAA/DCHA BILL GARVELINK AND D/FFP LAUREN LANDIS VISITED WFP HEADQUARTERS ON JANUARY 23-24 TO REVIEW WFP PROGRESS ON GEARING UP ITS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE MECHANISM TO ASSIST IRAQ IN THE EVENT OF OUTBREAK OF CONFLICT. DISCUSSIONS INVOLVED THE POSSIBLE PROCUREMENT AND DELIVERY OF 2.5 M [...] |
2003-01-30 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | AORC EAGR EAID ECON KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP |
| 03ROME372 |
IRAQ HUMANITARIAN CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) EMBASSY DELIVERED REFPOINTS TO ATTILIO IANNUCCI, THE MFA'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. IANNUCCI SHARED THAT THE GOI WAS "THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES" AS THE USG ON PLANNING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN THE EVENT OF A WAR WITH IRAQ. IANNUCCI SAID THAT ITALY IS ALRE [...] |
2003-01-30 19:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL IO IT WFP |
| 03ROME3740 |
FAO's Efforts to Eliminate Obsolete Pesticides in [...] Obsolete pesticides pose a serious impediment to sustainable development and can cause human health problems. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations established the Africa Stockpiles Program (ASP) as a long-term effort to identify, transport, and eliminate obsolete [...] |
2003-08-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF WFP UN |
| 03ROME3770 |
WFP RESPONDS ON REFUGEE PIPELINE FUNDING FOR [...] Summary: the World Food Program's Director of Fundraising and Donor Relations was not in a position to respond to why refugee rations remained at reduced levels given the previously reported USG contribution (REF B) as well as contributions from ECHO and the Government of Belgium, but she prom [...] |
2003-08-21 07:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF WFP UN |
| 03ROME3799 |
WFP EMERGENCY (EMOP) APPEAL FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME DRAWS YOUR ATTENTION TO THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) APPEAL FOR DONOR SUPPORT TO WFP'S NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES COVERING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 15, 2003 THROUGH JULY 14, 2004. THE FOOD AID APPEAL IS VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 31 MI [...] |
2003-08-22 07:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF AORC WFP UN |
| 03ROME395 |
WTO VIEWS ON BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MISSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) DIRECTOR GENERAL PANITCHPAKDI IN WHICH PANITCHPAKDI IS ASKED TO PROVIDE VIEWS ON THE HOW WFP SHOULD HANDLE BIOTECH ENGINEERED [...] |
2003-01-31 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 03ROME3981 |
USG-WFP BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS IN WASHINGTON, DC, [...] Representatives of the United States Government (USG) and the United Nation's World Food Program (WFP) met in Washington for bilateral consultations April 23-25, 2003. Important issues discussed included the Iraq and southern Africa emergency responses; the level of cash balances presently mai [...] |
2003-09-03 08:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF WFP UN |
| 03ROME4035 |
WFP Response to US Rice Federation letter on WFP [...] (SBU) The USA Rice Federation in its letter dated July 30 questioned the "transparency" of World Food Program procurement tendering practices recommending that information such as WFP registered commercial vendors, tenders, awards, purchase prices, and country of origin should be made public i [...] |
2003-09-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP |
| 03ROME409 |
USAID/DCHA TEAM DISCUSSES POSSIBLE IRAQ [...] USAID/DAA/DCHA BILL GARVELINK AND D/FFP LAUREN LANDIS VISITED FAO ROME HEADQUARTERS ON JANUARY 24 TO REVIEW FAO'S SIZABLE OIL-FOR-FOOD (OFF)-FINANCED OPERATIONS IN IRAQ - AND ITS CAPABILITY TO DEVELOP AN AGRICULTURE-RELATED HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE MECHANISM FOR IRAQ IN THE EVENT OF OUTBREAK OF C [...] |
2003-02-03 11:47:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | AORC EAGR EAID ECON KUNR PREF AID WFP |
| 03ROME4158 |
Ambassador Tony P. Hall in Albania meets regional [...] US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Tony Hall, visited Albania from August 22-26, 2003. He came at the invitation of Members of the Albanian Parliament and the European regional office of the World Food Program. He participated in the first "Balkan Gathering" with Alb [...] |
2003-09-11 14:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR AL EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME4340 |
WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD [...] Representatives from the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG), the State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) and U.S. Embassy Kampala conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World Food Program (WFP) and the UN High C [...] |
2003-09-24 07:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN |
| 03ROME4411 |
WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD [...] Representatives from the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG), the State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) and U.S. Embassy Kampala conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World Food Program (WFP) and the UN High C [...] |
2003-09-26 08:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN |
| 03ROME4431 |
A HUMANITARIAN LOOK AT COTE D'IVOIRE PAINTS A [...] The food security and nutritional situation in the northern and western areas of Cote d'Ivoire has been adversely affected by the events of the past year. The lack of civil administration, breakdown in health services, and fighting in the west has had a serious negative impact on the affecte [...] |
2003-09-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ LI PHUM WFP |
| 03ROME4435 |
PLIGHT OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS IN WESTERN COTE [...] Nicla transit camp is currently home to 5,500-6,300 third country nationals (TCNs), most of whom are Burkinabe. The protection of the TCNs in the camp is a concern. The Vice-Chairman of the National Assembly recently visited Guiglo and talked with the local populations in an effort to ease t [...] |
2003-09-26 15:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ LI PHUM WFP |
| 03ROME4603 |
WFP APPEAL FOR WEST AFRICA COASTAL SPECIAL [...] THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) HAS FOUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS (SO) WHICH ADDRESS RECENT THREATS TO ITS PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION FOR REFUGEES, RETURNEES, AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA. TOTAL REQUIRED FUNDING IS U.S. DOLLARS (USD) 6.8 MILLION, [...] |
2003-10-08 09:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF WFP UN |
| 03ROME4614 |
Ambassador Tony P. Hall in the Democratic Republic [...] A team led by Ambassador Tony Hall visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo September 23-30 and found the country with the third largest population in sub- Saharan Africa struggling to contain a major humanitarian disaster. In 2003, some 2.7 million internally displaced will require intern [...] |
2003-10-09 04:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU CF WFP UN |
| 03ROME4672 |
WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD [...] John Brooks, Project Budget Specialist, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG), and Mary Margaret Knudson, Refugee Officer, U.S. State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM), conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World [...] |
2003-10-14 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN |
| 03ROME4850 |
USAID Humanitarian Attache visits Mauritania [...] US Mission/Rome humanitarian attache visited Mauritania September 13-17, and traveled in the drought affected regions of Bareina, Aleg and Boghe. Assessments of this area show a serious emergency situation. Many vulnerable groups, particularly children, will require continuing food and non- fo [...] |
2003-10-23 06:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR MR WFP UN |
| 03ROME4879 |
LATIN AMERICAN INTEREST IN SCHOOL FEEDING [...] Representatives of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean countries (GRULAC) met with Ambassador Tony Hall to express their strong support for school feeding initiatives. They are concerned about declining U.S. funding for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education Program, partic [...] |
2003-10-24 14:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR SENV EAID XK XR WFP WHO |
| 03ROME4927 |
WFP'S FINELY TARGETED AND WELL-RUN OPERATIONS IN [...] A representative from the US Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Philip Lamade, visited Zambia from September 16 - 23, 2003 to assess WFP's operations, finding its operations appropriately targeted and well run. End summary. ----------- Background ----------- 2. Zambi [...] |
2003-10-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ZA WFP UN UNHCR |
| 03ROME5002 |
WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVES ANGOLA PROTRACTED [...] The U.S. Delegation (USDEL) provided a number of comments to the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) regarding its new Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) for Angola during WFP's Executive Board (EB) meeting the week of October 20. The USDEL complimented WFP on its current work during [...] |
2003-11-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 03ROME5035 |
IMPLICATIONS OF WFP'S ENDORSED BUDGET FOR 2004-2005 [...] At its third regular session (ref A), the Board took note of world Food Program's (WFP) Biennial Management Plan budget for 2004-2005, at a level of USD 4.8 billion, an increase of USD 1.6 billion (66 percent) compared with the 2002-2003 original budget estimate of USD 3.2 billion. Tonnage wis [...] |
2003-11-06 05:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME5073 |
WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVES WEST AFRICA [...] The U.S. Delegation (USDEL) provided a number of comments to the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) regarding its new Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) for West Africa during WFP's Executive Board (EB) meeting the week of October 20. The USDEL expressed support for the activation of [...] |
2003-11-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 03ROME5076 |
AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WFP'S STRATEGIC PLAN 2004-2007 [...] WFP'S EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED THE ORGANIZATION'S STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE PERIOD 2004-2007, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THE SECRETARIAT WILL BE GUIDED BY THE CONSIDERATIONS RAISED BY THE BOARD AS REFLECTED BY THE SUMMARY RECORD OF THE DISCUSSION. THE BOARD RECOGNIZED THAT IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT [...] |
2003-11-10 06:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 03ROME5092 |
NGO'S AFFILIATED WITH UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTELS, US MISSION REQUESTED AND OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD). MISSION HAS REVIEWED THE LISTS AND STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY F [...] |
2003-11-12 06:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR PHUM FAO WFP IFAD |
| 03ROME5223 |
WFP's Executive Director writes to the President on [...] WFP's Executive Director Jim Morris has written to President Bush a letter (reproduced below) requesting support for restoring the US contribution to global school feeding efforts to USD 300 million per year through the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Progra [...] |
2003-11-19 10:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP |
| 03ROME5227 |
US Mission/Rome attends WFP-sponsored Regional [...] US Mission/Rome personnel attended (September 9-10, in Dakar, Senegal) a WFP-sponsored Regional Ministerial Conference for the Launch of the "Alliance for Action" on School Feeding, Health and Basic Education for the Sahel. Nine countries of the region pledged their support to the effort. Dele [...] |
2003-11-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR MR WFP UN |
| 03ROME542 |
HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM (HPT) DISCUSSES WFP [...] (C) ON THE HEELS OF A TRIP TO THE PERSIAN GULF, MEMBERS OF THE INTER-AGENCY HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM (HPT) VISITED WFP HEADQUARTERS ON FEBRUARY 4 TO REVIEW WFP PROGRESS ON GEARING UP ITS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE MECHANISM FOR IRAQ IN THE EVENT OF OUTBREAK OF CONFLICT. DISCUSSIONS INCLUDED AN U [...] |
2003-02-11 05:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP |
| 03ROME5453 |
WFP Informal Consultation on the Business [...] World Food Program (WFP) presented an "information note on the business process review," a document that describes a new business model for WFP, at a membership consultation in Rome on November 20, 2003. Seeking to improve the utilization of contributions and timeliness of relief aid, the new [...] |
2003-12-04 08:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR WFP UN |
| 03ROME5655 |
REPORT OF THE 32ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the November 26 - December 11 meetings of the FAO Conference and FAO Council, member governments debated international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues and agreed on a budget and important institutional reforms. 2. In his statement on the State of Food and Agricu [...] |
2003-12-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AORC ETRD EFIS SENV EAID FAO WFP |
| 03ROME5662 |
U.S. GRAIN MILLING EXECUTIVES DEBRIEF AMBASSADOR [...] John Gillcrist (Barlett Processing Companies, Kansas City, Missouri), Guy Shoekmaker (Horizon Milling/Cargill, Wayzata, Minnesota), and Fred Luckey (Bunge Milling, Saint Louis, Missouri) met with Ambassador Hall on December 17 to discuss their just completed trip to review U.S.-supported food [...] |
2003-12-19 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF WFP UN |
| 03ROME5684 |
LETTER TO MARTTI AHTISAARI, UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A LETTER TO MARTTI AHTISAARI, UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA, DATED DECEMBER 22, 2003, FROM TONY P. HALL, AMBASSADOR, U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES, ROME. BEGIN LETTER: "THE HONORABLE MARTTI AHTISAARI UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE HUMA [...] |
2003-12-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME5702 |
Iraq food procurement issues - US Mission/Rome [...] (SBU) US Mission/Rome met with WFP Deputy Executive Director (Operations) Jean-Jacques Graisse on December 22, 2003 to discuss Iraq food procurement next steps in light of concerns detailed in refs A and B. Graisse, having just returned from discussions at UN Headquarters NY, highlighted UN Tr [...] |
2003-12-23 16:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID EAGR PREF FAO WFP WFPO UN EUN |
| 03ROME5704 |
WFP STRIVES TO EXPAND ITS BASE OF COMMODITY [...] THE PROCUREMENT OF FOOD COMMODITIES BY THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ROSE TO UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS IN 2003. FOR THE 6-MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN JUNE 2003, WFP PURCHASED COMMODITIES COSTING MORE THAN US DOLLARS (USD) 410 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 1.8 MILLION METRIC TONS. AS MARKET SUPPLIERS OF [...] |
2003-12-23 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR UN WFP |
| 03ROME589 |
FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] THE WFP BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER-INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA WHERE 38 MILLION PEOPLE FACE STARVATION) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES (4.8 MILLION METRIC TONS VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION) TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE [...] |
2003-02-13 12:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME637 |
WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 4.8 MILLION TONS (MTS), VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION (NOT INCLUDING ANY IRAQ RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF CONFLICT). WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT CONSIDERABLE STRAIN [...] |
2003-02-14 20:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME638 |
APPROVAL OF AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] WFP'S EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 7 THE AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) ENTITLED FOOD ASSISTANCE TO RE-ESTABLISH LIVELIHOODS AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE PRRO WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR TWO YEARS (APRIL 1, 2003-END MARCH 2005), COVERING 6.0 [...] |
2003-02-14 20:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 03ROME643 |
WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 4.8 MILLION TONS (MTS), VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION (NOT INCLUDING ANY IRAQ RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF CONFLICT). WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT CONSIDERABLE STRAIN [...] |
2003-02-18 09:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME644 |
APPROVAL OF AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] WFP'S EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 7 THE AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) ENTITLED FOOD ASSISTANCE TO RE-ESTABLISH LIVELIHOODS AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE PRRO WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR TWO YEARS (APRIL 1, 2003-END MARCH 2005), COVERING 6.0 [...] |
2003-02-18 09:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 03ROME702 |
U.S. MISSION ROME AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IN 2002 [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES IN ROME PROVIDES A VERY GOOD PLATFORM FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO A DIVERSE AND INFLUENTIAL AUDIENCE FROM DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A LOOK BACK AT THE MI [...] |
2003-02-21 06:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP |
| 03ROME760 |
AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN ETHIOPIA - "IT'S EVEN [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL AND AA/DCHA ROGER WINTER VISITED ETHIOPIA FEBRUARY 15-21 AND FOUND THE COUNTRY WITH THE SECOND LARGEST POPULATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. IN 2003, SOME 11.3 MILLION DROUGHT VICTIMS WILL REQUIRE ABOUT 1.4 MILL [...] |
2003-02-24 15:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME81 |
USDA/FSA DISCUSSIONS WITH WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] KEY MEMBERS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S FARM SERVICE AGENCY (FSA) KANSAS CITY COMMODITY OFFICE TRAVELED TO ROME, ITALY, NOVEMBER 18-22, 2002, TO BRIEF WORLD FOOD PROGRAM OFFICIALS ON USDA'S NEW FOOD AID REQUEST ENTRY SYSTEM (FARES) AND TRAIN SELECT MEMBERS OF WFP STAFF ON THE SYSTE [...] |
2003-01-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN USDA |
| 03ROME832 |
LETTER TO U/SYG KENZO OSHIMA, UNDP ADMINISTRATOR [...] FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A LETTER TO U/SYG KENZO OSHIMA, UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MALLOCH BROWN AND UNICEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAROL BELLAMY DATED FEBRUARY 27, 2003 FROM TONY P. HALL, AMBASSADOR, U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES, ROME. BEGIN LETTER: THE HONORABLE KENZO OSHIMA, U/SYG, UN OFFICE FOR THE [...] |
2003-02-27 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME876 |
THE LETHAL COMBINATION OF HUNGER AND HIV/AIDS IN [...] WHILE VISITING FEBRUARY 15-21 IN ETHIOPIA (REPORTED REF A), IT BECAME CLEAR THAT FURTHER AND IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IS NEEDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS PARTNERS IN ADDRESSING THE INSIDIOUS POTENTIAL OF HIV/AIDS TO TURN DROUGHT CRISES INTO CATASTROPHE. END SUMMARY. ---------- BACKGROUND -- [...] |
2003-03-04 07:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 04BRUSSELS4630 |
EU RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DPRK FOOD AID [...] (C) Summary: Development Counselor presented reftel demarche to Xavier Guillou at DG AIDCO Food Security Unit and Maria Castillo-Fernandez, DG RELEX Desk Officer for DPRK. Both were receptive to demarche, had been in North Korea recently, largely agreed with US assessment of issues with some [...] |
2004-10-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KN PREL WFP USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04ROME1010 |
CHILE/WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH A [...] The World Food Program (WFP), the Chilean Board of Educational Assistance and Scholarships (JUNAEB), and the U.S.-based American School Food Service Association (ASFSA) plan to jointly launch a Latin American independent school- feeding support network at a Conference in Santiago, Chile, March [...] |
2004-03-15 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO |
| 04ROME1042 |
WFP ASSUMES OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR UN [...] AS REPORTED REF A, WFP MADE A COMMITMENT AT THE UN'S FIFTH SESSION OF THE HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT (HLCM) HELD IN NEW YORK JUNE 12-13, 2003, TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADMINISTERING AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR UN AGENCIES IN HUMANITARIAN, AND "OTHER" ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT DIRECT [...] |
2004-03-17 07:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF KUNR WFP ACABQ UNHCR ICAO AVIATION |
| 04ROME1392 |
WFP HELPS LAUNCH LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL FEEDING [...] An international school feeding congress - "Networks Beyond Borders," attracted more than 800 participants from 19 countries. The event included an industry fair with 40 companies from the Americas and workshops on nutrition, food safety and technology, school feeding programming and research [...] |
2004-04-08 08:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO |
| 04ROME1415 |
USAID/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITS WFP PROGRAMS [...] US MISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE TIM LAVELLE VISITED PERU MARCH 27-31, AND TRAVELED TO THE PERUVIAN ANDEAN REGION OF HUANCAVALICA TO REVIEW WFP OPERATIONS. WFP'S PROGRAM IS RIGHTLY FOCUSED IN THE PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS, WHERE POVERTY RATES ARE NEARLY DOUBLE THAT OF COASTAL REGIONS. WFP'S PROGR [...] |
2004-04-09 11:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO |
| 04ROME1437 |
IRAQ: WFP PROCUREMENT/LOGISTICS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The delivery of a minimum of 2.9 million metric tons of food commodities into Iraq, in the period April- September 2004, represents a significant operational undertaking on the part of both World Food Program (WFP) and the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MOT). This task will require a carefully [...] |
2004-04-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1672 |
WORLD FOOD OPERATIONS IN EASTERN CHAD [...] US MISSION ROME STAFF MET WITH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S ASSOCIATE FRIDAY, APRIL 23 TO HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS RAISED IN REFTEL SPECIFIC TO W DURING THE APPROXIMATE HOUR-LONG MEETING, WFP OFFERED ASSURANCES THAT WFP ALSO STATED THAT REFTEL INFORMATION IS OBSOLETE AND OFFERED DETAI -------- OVERVIE [...] |
2004-04-28 10:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME1781 |
World Food Program Discussions with Libya on [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-07 05:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID ELTN XA CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME1843 |
GROWING THE WFP DONOR BASE [...] WFP CONVENED AN INFORMAL CONSULTATION AT ITS HEADQUARTERS ON MAY 5, 2004, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS WITH MEMBER COUNTRIES ITS PLANS TO EXPAND ITS DONOR BASE. EMERGING (NON- TRADITIONAL) AND NEW DONORS CONTRIBUTED U.S. DOLLARS (USD) 151 MILLION AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THIS PAST YEAR [...] |
2004-05-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF EFIN AORC WFP |
| 04ROME2096 |
SUDAN - DARFUR MOVING WFP FOOD [...] Summary. The World Food Programme (WFP) tells us that the two existing supply routes for feeding the hundreds of thousands of Darfur refugees and internally displaced people are in danger of immediate disruption due to the soon-to-begin rainy season. The organization would like to open a ro [...] |
2004-05-27 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID MOPS PINS SU WFP |
| 04ROME2125 |
POST-CONFLICT ANGOLA FUNDING SHORTFALLS [...] ON MAY 27, 2004, AT THE SECOND ANNUAL SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, MIKE SACKETT, WFP'S REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA, CONFIRMED THAT PER REFTEL, AN INCREASINGLY SERIOUS FUNDING SHORTFALL IN ITS ANGOLA PIPELINE ARISES FROM THE LACK OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM DONORS. 2. SACKETT ALS [...] |
2004-06-03 08:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF AO WFP |
| 04ROME2196 |
ANNUAL SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] The WFP Annual Session for 2004 took place against the backdrop of the positive Sudanese signing of the Naivasha Protocols (GOS-SPLM/A), and an unprecedented level of displacement and violence in Sudan's Darfur region. Coming off a record level of total support in 2003 (U.S. dollars (USD) $2.6 [...] |
2004-06-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR KHIV WFP UNHCR UN |
| 04ROME2218 |
WFP food diversions in Cambodia [...] WFP has uncovered a major case of commodity theft related to food for work (FFW) distributions in Kampong Speu cluster. An external team headed by an international consultant (a former WFP staff member who speaks Khmer), and two engineers seconded by Red R Australia, is carrying out physical v [...] |
2004-06-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2222 |
WFP AIR OPERATIONS [...] Summary. WFP is addressing the findings of the external auditor regarding air operations in advance of its next Executive Board meeting. End summary. 2. Review of the WFP's Air Operations, a Report of the External Auditor, was presented but not discussed at the Annual Session of the WFP E [...] |
2004-06-10 13:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAIR WFP AVIATION |
| 04ROME2243 |
SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] In an abbreviated Board session (one and a half days), the Executive Board approved country programs for Sierra Leone and Madagascar, a budget increase for WFP's development efforts in Uganda, and protracted relief and recovery operations for Myanmar (Returnees and vulnerable groups in norther [...] |
2004-06-10 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 04ROME2272 |
DARFUR: ITALY COMMITMENT EURO 4.4 MILLION [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is contributing a total of Euro 4.4 million (approx $5.4 million) to relief efforts related to the crisis in Darfur. Officials at the MFA's Directorate of Development Cooperation told USAID Deputy Administrator Frederick Schieck that Italy does not rule out further contri [...] |
2004-06-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PREL SU IT AF WFP UN |
| 04ROME2274 |
FOOD SECURITY IN GUATEMALA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: Travel of U.S. Mission Rome's Alternate Permanent Representative to Guatemala provided an opportunity for review of selected projects of the World Food Program (WFP), the UN Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in rural are [...] |
2004-06-14 13:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV GT XK WFP FAO IFAD |
| 04ROME2277 |
FOOD SECURITY IN NICARAGUA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: U.S. Mission Rome Alternate Permanent Representative traveled to Nicaragua May 2-5 to review efforts by the UN agencies to work with the host government and other donors to address food insecurity in this low- income, food-deficit country that has been hit by recurring natural disa [...] |
2004-06-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV NU XK WFP FAO IFAD |
| 04ROME2319 |
PUBLIC LAW 480 FOOD FOR PEACE PANEL AT ANNUAL [...] USUN-Rome organized (on the margin of the Annual Session of the WFP Executive Board) a panel to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Public Law 480, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act that was signed into law in 1954 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ambassador Tony Hall h [...] |
2004-06-16 12:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 04ROME2331 |
2003 GLOBAL FOOD AID: BARELY COPING WITH [...] WFP has released its annual Global Food Aid report entitled "2003 Food Aid Flows," which highlights, despite a year of extraordinary emergencies, the steady downward trend in total food aid tonnages, particularly since 1999. For 2004, international prices for food aid commodities continue the [...] |
2004-06-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 04ROME2371 |
Further World Food Program Discussions with [...] (SBU) WFP received a letter dated June 14 from Mohamed Fakheri El-Kreikshi, Director-General of the Economic Department, regarding the agreement of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya with WFP's request for a waiver for all taxes and fees applicable to WFP cargo in transit. Libya's letter seeks confirm [...] |
2004-06-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID ELTN XA CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME2442 |
LETTER TO CAROL BELLAMY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, [...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A LETTER TO CAROL BELLAMY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF, DATED JUNE 23, 2004, FROM TONY P. HALL, AMBASSADOR, U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES, ROME. BEGIN LETTER: "MS. CAROL BELLAMY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF UNICEF HOUSE 3 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA NEW YORK CITY, NEW YO [...] |
2004-06-23 11:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR WI AG WFP UNICEF |
| 04ROME2463 |
"UNTIED FOOD AID" - WFP STUDY FOR UNCTAD [...] (SBU) The WFP Secretariat has shared with the US Mission a paper prepared for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) entitled: "Food Aid and the Untying of Aid: Opportunities and Challenges for the Least Developed Countries." The key premise for the untying of food aid [...] |
2004-06-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF ETRD WFP UN UNCTAD |
| 04ROME2643 |
UPDATE ON WFP DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION [...] THE FIELD PHASE OF THE JOINT EVALUATION OF THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) ENABLING DEVELOPMENT POLICY (EDP) IS NEARLY COMPLETE. THE NEXT AND FINAL PHASE OF THE EVALUATION IS TO BE CONCLUDED IN DECEMBER 2004. DESPITE PROGRESS TO DATE ON THE EVALUATION ITSELF, AS WELL AS MISSION EFFORTS TO [...] |
2004-07-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ADRC WFP |
| 04ROME2657 |
BIOTECHNOLOGY: WFP INTERNAL GUIDANCE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN AN INTERNAL "CORPORATE MESSAGE" RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED TO ITS STAFF WORLDWIDE, SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) STRESSED THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS NEUTRAL IN THE DEBATE ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS. EMPLOYEES ARE INSTRUCTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT (1) WFP [...] |
2004-07-08 07:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD SENV AORC WFP |
| 04ROME2659 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM REPORTS ON USAID-FUNDED JUNIOR [...] FOLLOWING HER MEETING IN WASHINGTON, DC, WITH USAID FOOD FOR PEACE OFFICER CARELL LAURENT, WFP HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER ANNA COPE REPORTED TO US PROGRESS IN WFP'S EFFORTS TO SECURE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM USAID TO FUND ADDITIONAL WFP JPOS. THE MEETING, WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 1, 2004, WAS A [...] |
2004-07-08 07:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ADRC WFP |
| 04ROME2746 |
World Food Program Update on Opening New [...] (SBU) As requested ref A, Mission spoke 07/12 with WFP and conveyed information. WFP has not been considering the shipment of commodities from Libya (Al Kufrah) by road directly into northern Sudan down to Darfur because of serious security constraints, which would require substantive Sudanese [...] |
2004-07-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID ELTN LY CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME2768 |
WFP'S VIEW ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF IRAQ'S PUBLIC [...] (SBU) US Mission/Rome met with WFP senior officials on Iraq food commodity operations on June 27 and July 2. If current ration levels are maintained, the Iraq Public Distribution System (PDS) is likely to experience shortages in a number of commodities throughout the coming months, according t [...] |
2004-07-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2781 |
WFP BRIEFING ON DARFUR AND SOUTHERN SUDAN - JULY 13 [...] (SBU) WFP conducted a Sudan humanitarian needs briefing for Rome-based permanent representatives at its Headquarters on July 13. Security remains a profound concern, with examples of humanitarian workers being detained anywhere from a few hours to a few days. WFP estimates that 1.2 million peo [...] |
2004-07-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF SU WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2845 |
UPDATE ON USG/WFP CARGO PREFERENCE EXEMPTION FOR [...] Summary. WFP, USAID and USDA are close to reaching an agreement on a mechanism to implement separate tracking of US cargo preference premium payments to conform to WFP auditor recommendations and ensure that WFP does not apply its indirect support cost (ISC) rate against the cargo preference [...] |
2004-07-22 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC EWWT WFP ACABQ MARITIME |
| 04ROME2867 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONSIDERS INSURANCE-BASED [...] WFP convened an informal briefing at its headquarters on the topic of hunger insurance on July 13. The purpose of the briefing was to gauge donor sentiment towards the idea of funding such insurance through premiums in an effort to shift risks associated with natural disasters away from crisi [...] |
2004-07-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ADRC WFP |
| 04ROME2872 |
World Food Program/Libya Memorandum of [...] (SBU) US Mission has received copy of the World Food Program/Libya Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the transit of humanitarian assistance through Libya into Chad, Sudan and other African countries, signed in Tripoli on July 15, 2004. The MOU permits all forms of humanitarian assis [...] |
2004-07-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID ELTN LY CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME2933 |
WFP'S SCHOOL FEEDING EFFORTS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) WFP's school feeding programs in Iraq are ongoing. During the academic year 2003-2004 in the three northern governorates, WFP provided technical assistance to the local authorities to guarantee a smooth continuation of school feeding activities targeting over 700,000 students. Between Ma [...] |
2004-07-29 04:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC EFIN IZ WFP |
| 04ROME2935 |
UNHCR/WFP JOINT DONOR BRIEFING [...] Summary. UNHCR and WFP held a joint donor briefing in Rome on July 22, 2004. UN staff discussed troubling funding problems that limit WFP's ability to deliver food aid to refugees in Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Chad, Eritrea, Georgia, Kenya, Nepal, and elsewhere; provided an update [...] |
2004-07-29 07:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF AO AF CD CG SU WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2967 |
WFP EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR KENYA [...] Summary. WFP is soliciting contributions for its new emergency operation (EMOP), "Food Assistance to Drought-affected People in Kenya," covering the period from August 1, 2004 through January 31, 2005. The estimated cost of $42.9 million would provide 166,000 metric tons of commodities for 2. [...] |
2004-07-30 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF KE WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2969 |
WFP SCHOOL MILK PROPOSAL FOR CHINA [...] WFP plans to phase out its operations in China at the end of 2005, and remains hopeful that China will become a major food aid contributor in the future. In 2001, WFP approached USDA related to a one-time 100,000 metric ton donation of Dry Skimmed Milk powder to support Chinese school feeding [...] |
2004-07-30 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR CH WFP UN |
| 04ROME4058 |
FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2004 SESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR KUNR FAO WFP |
| 04ROME4106 |
FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2004 SESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-25 09:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR KUNR FAO WFP |
| 04ROME4582 |
AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL'S TRIP TO DARFUR [...] Ambassador Tony Hall led a delegation of staff and journalists to Sudan's Darfur states on November 18 through 20. The purpose of the visit was to witness first-hand the dire situation and to observe U.N. operations, principally those of the World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agricul [...] |
2004-12-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO |
| 04ROME4620 |
IN THE DESERT OF LIBYA, AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL [...] During a visit to al-Kufrah on November 22, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed the first shipment of U.S. food assistance moving through the "Libyan Corridor" on its way to Sudanese refugees in Chad. The first 40 truckloads of an estimated 350 made their way on the 2,800 kilometer journey start [...] |
2004-12-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO |
| 04ROME4673 |
USUN-ROME CAPTURES GLOBAL AUDIENCE ON POSITIVE [...] Summary. Facing off in a world media environment dominated by themes like Iraq and terrorism, USUN-Rome mounted a month-long blitz that promoted a positive American story. The Ambassador's tour through Sudan and Libya, coupled with several local successes in Rome, focused world media attenti [...] |
2004-12-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP |
| 04ROME4908 |
TFXO01: EARLY WFP RELIEF EFFORTS - CREATION OF [...] USUN Rome Humanitarian Affairs Counselor Earl Gast and Program Specialist Philip Lamade were briefed by senior World Food Program (WFP) management on December 28, 2004. WFP apprised USUN Rome of its active engagement in mobilizing a task force in response to the disastrous tsunami following th [...] |
2004-12-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF MOPS EAGR XO WFP |
| 04ROME815 |
FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The WFP Board first regular session for 2004 took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented level of emergency needs. In 2003, WFP received U.S. dollars (USD) 2.6 billion in donor contributions in support of its operations worldwide (plus an additional USD 1.2 billion from the Oil- for-Fo [...] |
2004-03-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR KHIV WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME818 |
GEORGIAN FOOD PIPELINE CONCERNS [...] SUMMARY: WFP HAS PROVIDED A FUNDING PROPOSAL TO THE US MISSION ROME THAT PROPOSES AN EXCEPTIONAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO GEORGIAN HOUSEHOLDS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY RISING WHEAT FLOUR AND BREAD PRICES. WITH THE PRICE OF BREAD KEPT ARTIFICIALLY LOW AND THE SUPPLY OF SMUGGLED FLOUR DWINDLING, A SHORT [...] |
2004-03-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF GG WFP |
| 04ROME849 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES INDONESIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Indonesia. The project 10069.1, entitled Assistance to Recovery and Nutritional Rehabilitation, is for three years (July 2004-June 2007), and covers 2.1 million benef [...] |
2004-03-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME868 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES ARMENIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Armenia. The project 10053.1, entitled Relief and Recovery Assistance for Vulnerable Groups, is for two years (July 2004-June 2006), covering 110,000 beneficiaries pe [...] |
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