Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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02AMMAN4062 |
RESPONDING TO ISRAELI CHARGES ABOUT UNRWA: MESSAGE [...] (C) On July 23, A/Polcouns (in the absence from post of Refcoord) conveyed ref A para 4 points to UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd. AbuZayd made careful note of the points. Her only substantive comment was that the message called for UNRWA to sever its ties to youth centers in [...] |
2002-07-23 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS JO UNRWA |
03AMMAN6706 |
UNRWA BEGINS PLANNING FOR JUNE 2004 GENEVA [...] This is an action request; see para 11. 2. Summary: At an October 17 core group meeting, UNRWA opened discussions on the agenda and participation of its planned June 2004 extraordinary Geneva conference. UNRWA and conference co-chair Switzerland view the Geneva event as an opportunity t [...] |
2003-10-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA |
03AMMAN7329 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UNRWA RESOLUTION IN UNGA: [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points and a copy of the latest U.S. draft UNGA UNRWA resolution November 9 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's office, and Samer Naber, Head of the MFA Legal Department. PolCouns thanked Ayed and Naber for Jordan's positive role in the discuss [...] |
2003-11-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA UNRWA |
03AMMAN7412 |
THINKING ABOUT UNRWA SUCCESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-16 07:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA |
03AMMAN8136 |
UNRWA LAUNCHES 2004 EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR WEST BANK [...] (U) UNRWA Commissioner General Peter Hansen launched the agency's 2004 emergency appeal for the West Bank and Gaza in separate donor briefings in Amman and Jerusalem on December 11 and 12. The USD 196 million appeal focuses on temporary employment (USD 62 million) and food security programs ( [...] |
2003-12-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
03AMMAN8194 |
CONSENSUS REACHED ON UNRWA GENEVA CONFERENCE; [...] (C) Summary and comment: UNRWA officials briefed donor and host government representatives on preparations for the June 2004 UNRWA Geneva conference during a December 11 steering committee meeting in Amman. Apparent EC agreement to drop its previous insistence on a separate workshop on huma [...] |
2003-12-15 18:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN1201 |
UNRWA FUNDRAISING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Refcoord met with UNRWA External Relations Officers February 11 to review UNRWA fundraising strategy. Noting that UNRWA expected a decreased response to its current emergency appeal, they said UNRWA also required increased funds for its General Fund programs. UNR [...] |
2004-02-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN1334 |
PRM PDAS GREENE DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 16 meeting with PRM PDAS Greene, UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees Morjane requested U.S. assistance in finding durable solutions for 345 Iraqi-Palestinians in Jordan's Ruweished refugee camp. Morjane -- to the surprise of the UNHCR Jordan re [...] |
2004-02-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ IS JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN1604 |
UNHCR REPEATS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN RESETTLING [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In a February 26 meeting with refcoord, UNHCR Middle East Director Radhouane Nouicer repeated previous requests (ref) for assistance in finding durable solutions for 348 Iraqi-Palestinians in Ruweished, Jordan. While UNHCR policy remains focused on finding re [...] |
2004-03-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ JO UNRWA UNHCR |
04AMMAN4200 |
UNRWA SEEKS ADDITIONAL USD 1 BILLION IN [...] (U) Summary: In a May 19 briefing, UNRWA unveiled its draft medium-term plan (MTP), designed to make up for ten years of austerity measures and underfunding. The ambitious plan, valued at USD 1 billion over five years, includes much-needed improvements in basic education and health services [...] |
2004-05-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG SY LE JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN4470 |
EUROPEANS PRESSURE UNRWA NOT TO PROVIDE REHOUSING [...] (SBU) UNRWA's May 31 launch of a new USD 15.8 million supplementary appeal for Rafah was dominated by discussion of Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law. According to UNRWA External Relations Director Andrew Whitley, the European Commission and "seven or eight European co [...] |
2004-06-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN4887 |
UNRWA COMGEN HANSEN TESTS WATERS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 14 phone call to refcoord, UNRWA chef de cabinet Aquarone indicated that ComGen Peter Hansen may not intend to step down after his current term expires in February 2005. We believe that a fourth term for Hansen serves neither U.S. nor UNRWA interests and r [...] |
2004-06-16 10:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN5918 |
UNRWA BEGINS CONSULTATIONS ON GOVERNANCE REFORM [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: As follow-up to its June 7-8 conference in Geneva, UNRWA held informal consultations July 8 in Amman to review governance issues with key stakeholders: current and incoming Advisory Commission chairs Japan [...] |
2004-07-15 07:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN929 |
ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING AT UNRWA [...] POST SENT ORIGINAL COPY OF UNRWA'S STAFFING PATTERN TO THE DEPARTMENT BY AIR POUCH NUMBER 7823512 ON FEBRUARY 8, 2004. ADVANCE COPY WAS FAXED TO IO/S/EA ON JanuarJANUARY 26, 2004. 2. PLEASE CONTACT REFCOORD ASSISTANT IBRAHIM BISHARAT AT 962-6-529-0101, EXT 2707 IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS [...] |
2004-02-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREF ECON JO POL UNRWA |
04AMMAN9891 |
UNRWA SUCCESSION - UNRWA STAFF AND DONORS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. UNRWA's small cadre of reformist senior managers are resigning themselves to the growing possibility the SYG will extend Peter Hansen's tenure as UNRWA ComGen. They fear that major donors' inability to coalesce around a viable alternative, combined with the fact that [...] |
2004-12-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA |
04BRUSSELS1586 |
DONORS EYE ISRAELI PULLOUT WITH MIXTURE OF HOPE, [...] (U) Summary: At a one-day informal meeting of the "no-name" group in Brussels, convened by Canada to discuss Palestinian refugee issues, participants were fixated on the issue of Israel,s proposed withdrawal from Gaza, which they characterized as posing both an opportunity and an enormous cha [...] |
2004-04-14 08:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID UNRWA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS752 |
EC FUNDING FOR UNRWA AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY IN [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission (EC), through funding mechanisms in ECHO, DG RELEX and EuropeAid, will continue to provide substantial funding for vulnerable Palestinians, as well as for the Palestinian Authority, in 2004. However, it does not have immediate plans to respond to UNRWA [...] |
2004-02-23 04:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREF EAID UNRWA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04ROME639 |
UNWRA EMERGENCY APPEAL -- ITALY STRAPPED FOR FUNDS [...] (C) POL M/C DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LUCA FERRARI. FERRARI WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT COULD COME UP WITH MORE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE UNWRA, GIVEN THAT IT IS ALREADY STRAPPED TRYING TO SUPPORT NUMEROUS MISSIONS ABROAD, [...] |
2004-02-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IT UNRWA |
04THEHAGUE469 |
DUTCH RESPONSE TO UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL [...] The Netherlands does not plan to contribute to the 2004 Emergency Appeal for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). Ms. Marwiencke Tillema of the MFA's UN Directorate (Political and Judicial Division) said the Dutch decision is based on two factors. First, the Du [...] |
2004-02-24 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL NL PREF UNRWA |
05AMMAN2130 |
UNRWA'S PROJECTED OUT-YEAR BUDGET REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) UNRWA has provided the following budget projection in response to ref A request for estimated 2006-2007 funding requirements: UNRWA 2006-2007 ESTIMATED BIENNIUM BUDGET (IN MILLIONS USD) =========================================== 2006 2007 Regular [...] |
2005-03-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN2474 |
POTENTIAL CUTS TO REFUGEE "SAFETY NETS" IN GAZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With donors currently providing only 20 percent of its requested emergency funds (and earmarking them heavily to rebuild demolished refugee housing in Rafah), UNRWA believes it will be forced to scale back its emergency food and employment programs -- which support fully three-f [...] |
2005-03-24 16:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN2800 |
UNRWA TO LAUNCH NEW GOI DISENGAGEMENT RESPONSE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Commissioner General Peter Hansen's departure from UNRWA has kick-started the UN agency's stalled effort to develop a disengagement response plan for the Palestinian refugee community, which comprises about 60 percent of the population of Gaza and 29 percent of the pop [...] |
2005-04-05 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN2918 |
UNRWA SEEKS DIRECT ROLE IN DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Karen Abu Zayd, Acting Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), called on Ambassador Kurtzer and Consul General David Pearce in separate April 5 meetings to review the modifications UNRWA is making to both [...] |
2005-04-11 10:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN3040 |
UNRWA TELLS HACFO STAFFDEL OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNRWA Acting Commissioner General Karen Abu Zayd and senior agency officials updated HACFO Staffdel on the status of current operations and planned changes prior to disengagement. The closure regime created by Israeli security measures and the construction of the separation bar [...] |
2005-04-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN4593 |
UNRWA REFORM: STAKEHOLDER MEETING ADVANCES DONOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leadership change at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), combined with coordinated donor pressure, turned that agency's latest (May 17-20) round of stakeholder consultations in Amman into a rare debate on the role UNRWA should play in de [...] |
2005-06-08 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV EAID KPAL IS JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN5286 |
DEMARCHE ON UN AGENCIES AND TERROR ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-03 07:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER XF UNRWA UN |
05AMMAN5723 |
UNRWA'S FORMAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE PREVENTING UN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-18 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREF PTER XF UNRWA UN |
05AMMAN5931 |
NEW UNRWA COMGEN OUTLINES HER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNRWA's new Commissioner-General (ComGen) is modifying her agency's Gaza disengagement response plans as a result of meetings she has had with PA President Abbas and with Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement James Wolfensohn since her appointment. In an introductory July 20 mee [...] |
2005-07-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF OPDC KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN6275 |
UNRWA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PREVENTING UN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-07 02:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PTER KPAL XF JO UNRWA UN |
05BRUSSELS1581 |
EC FUNDING FOR UNWRA EMERGENCY APPEAL IN 2005: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS UNRWA |
06AMMAN3036 |
SYRIA OFFERS TO ADMIT (SMALL) NUMBERS OF [...] (U) Embassy Damascus has cleared this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Damascus and UNRWA each report that the SARG has in fact agreed to admit Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq during Palestinian FM Zahar's April 20 visit to Damascus (ref A). However these UN agencies caution that the SARG i [...] |
2006-04-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL UNRWA UNHCR IZ SY JO |
06USUNNEWYORK1419 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-26 20:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
06USUNNEWYORK2112 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
06USUNNEWYORK2113 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
06USUNNEWYORK2143 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-13 20:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
06USUNNEWYORK517 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-16 18:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD AFIN UNRWA |
07USUNNEWYORK615 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 19:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
07USUNNEWYORK675 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-15 20:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
08ABUDHABI681 |
MFA APPRECIATES NAHR AL-BARID REBUILDING EFFORT [...] (SBU) Noting the UAE had only "sketchy" information on the June 23 pledging conference to address reconstruction needs of Lebanon's Narh al-Barid refugee camp (reftel), Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan told the Charge June 5 that UAE policy would continue to focu [...] |
2008-06-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID UNRWA LE AE |
08AMMAN1730 |
ATTENDANCE AND DONATIONS OF JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jamal Shamaylah, Director of the FM's Private Office on June 9. Shamaylah confirmed that FM Salah Al-Bashir will attend the June 23 conference in conjunction with a trip to Berlin for a similar conference on Palestinian refugees. The FM was similarly [...] |
2008-06-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA |
08BRATISLAVA284 |
SLOVAK ATTENDANCE AT JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Desk Officer for Lebanon, Syria and Israel, Beata Urbanova. According to Urbanova, MFA Deputy Minister Diana Strofova will represent Slovakia at the June 23 Conference. Urbanova also confirmed that the GOS is considering a pledge, but said t [...] |
2008-06-13 15:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV PREL LO LE UNRWA |
08CAIRO1203 |
EGYPTIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) We delivered points in reftel June 9 to Ayman Zeineldeen, Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs. Zeineldeen confirmed that Egypt would attend the June 23rd conference in Vienna on reconstruction of Lebanon's Nahr al-Barid refugee camp. In a June 11 meeting, MFA Senior Advisor Hossa [...] |
2008-06-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA EG |
08MADRID634 |
SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON RECONSTRUCTION OF LEBANON'S NAHR AL-BARID REFUGEE CAMP [...] Embassy conveyed reftel demarche and informed Spain that the U.S. is finalizing a significant USG pledge and that we expect the U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Lebanon will represent our government at the conference. Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay said that [...] |
2008-06-06 07:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SP LE UNRWA |
08MOSCOW1626 |
RUSSIA WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 VIENNA CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE RS UNRWA |
08PARIS1144 |
FRANCE WILL ATTEND VIENNA CONFERENCE ON NAHR [...] (U) Embassy passed reftel message on the Vienna conference on Nahr al-Barid to the French MFA's equivalent to the NEA bureau as well as to the staff of French Cooperation Ministeron Alain Joyandet June 9. The French MFA had already publicly saluted the Austrian initiative in a June 5 statem [...] |
2008-06-17 07:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KPAL UNRWA FR LE |
08PRAGUE350 |
CZECHS ATTENDING JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-11 09:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA EZ EUN |
08ROME716 |
ITALY TO ATTEND JUNE VIENNA CONFERENCE ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA IT |
08SOFIA399 |
BULGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO VIENNA WILL ATTEND VIENNA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM LE UNRWA |
08STATE106010 |
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGENT NEED FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The U.S. government is deeply concerned about the lack of financial commitments from donors to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the agenc [...] |
2008-10-03 16:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LE PGOV PHUM PREL UNRWA |
08STATE60216 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: ATTENDANCE AND DONATIONS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Department requests action addressees to urge host governments to send high-level representatives to the donors' conference to be held in Vienna June 23 and to contribute generously to the joint appe [...] |
2008-06-04 20:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA |
08STOCKHOLM442 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE: DEMARCHE REQUEST: ATTENDANCE AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-19 10:58:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA SW |
08THEHAGUE530 |
NETHERLANDS: ATTENDANCE AND DONATION AT VIENNA [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel points June 5 to Nelly Blokker, Policy Officer, Humanitarian Aid Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Blokker informed EconOff June 16 that the Dutch Embassy in Vienna would represent the Netherlands at the June 23 conference on reconstruction of the Nahr al-B [...] |
2008-06-17 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA NL |
08TOKYO1612 |
JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT JUNE 23 VIENNA [...] (C) Japan will be represented at the June 23 Vienna Conference on Reconstruction of Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp by its Ambassasdor to Austria, according to MOFA First Middle East Divison Lebanon Desk Officer Hitoshi Ishizuka. However, it is unlikely Japan will announce further contri [...] |
2008-06-12 10:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KPAL UNRWA LE JA |
08TOKYO2862 |
JAPAN DECLINES TO MAKE FUTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA'S [...] (SBU) EmbOffs delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Humanitarian Assistance Deputy Director Hisanobu Mochizuki October 10. Mochizuki, while not ruling out additional contributions to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the future, said the GOJ would [...] |
2008-10-14 22:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID LE PGOV PHUM PREL UNRWA JA |
08USUNNEWYORK67 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-23 14:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
09BERN7 |
SWISS RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DONATIONS TO UNRWA'S [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message on January 5 to Thomas Oertle, Desk Officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs in the Middle East and Africa Division of the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Oertle explained that Switzerland already was providing CHF 4 million (USD 3.8 million) in [...] |
2009-01-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA SZ |
09BRUSSELS10 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU GIVES ADDITIONAL 3M EURO FOR [...] (U) The European Commission allocated 3 million euros from its general humanitarian budget on January 4 in response to the current crisis in Gaza. Total 2009 Commission funding for Gaza and the West Bank is 290 million euros, which includes 55 million from the European Commission Humanitarian [...] |
2009-01-06 16:38:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID LE PGOV PHUM PREL UNRWA EUN |
09JERUSALEM277 |
UNRWA RESUMES AID SHIPMENTS TO GAZA [...] (SBU) UNRWA contacts told Poloff that UNRWA resumed aid shipments to Gaza. Forty-eight truckloads of food and non-food items were transferred by UNRWA through Kerem Shalom on February 11. 2. (SBU) The resumption of aid shipments follows the return on February 8 and 9 of 3,500 blankets an [...] |
2009-02-12 15:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREF PTER UNRWA KWBG KPAL IS GZ |
09OSLO3 |
NORWEGIANS PLEDGE AID FOR GAZA, BUT STRESS ACCESS [...] (C) Poloff met with Ingrid Schoyen, Assistant Director General of the Middle East Section of the MFA to deliver reftel demarche on aid to Gaza. Norway pledged 30 million kroner (approx $4.3 million) of aid to Gaza on December 30, actually taking the decision prior to the flash appeal by the U [...] |
2009-01-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA NO |
09OTTAWA841 |
Deputy Secretary Steinberg's Meeting with Canadian Foreign [...] (U) October 22, 2009, 11:15 a.m., Ottawa, Canada. 2. (U) Participants: United States James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary David Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Lourdes Cue, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary Kurt van der Walde, notetaker Canada Claude C [...] |
2009-11-17 21:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KGHG UNRWA IR AF PK CU CA |
09TOKYO28 |
JAPAN EXPRESSES CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER GAZA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan remains deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza, but official public statements have been measured and even-handed. Following his December 31 telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert (ref A), Prime Minister Aso telephoned Palestinian Authority Abbas on [...] |
2009-01-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UNRWA KWBG KPAL IS JA |
09TOKYO4 |
JAPAN CALLS FOR HALT TO ATTACKS ON GAZA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso telephoned Prime Minister Olmert to urge an end to Israel's airstrikes on Gaza. Japan has also called on Hamas to stop firing rockets at Israel. The Israeli Embassy in Tokyo has been in touch with MOFA concerning possible UNSC actions concerning the situation in [...] |
2009-01-02 06:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG UNRWA IS JA |
09USUNNEWYORK864 |
UN COMMEMORATION OF 60 YEARS OF UNRWA [...] (SBU) Summary: The commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) special high-level meeting of the General Assembly took place at UN headquarters September 24, 2009. The event was an opportunity [...] |
2009-09-30 14:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF UNRWA KPAL IS |