Wikileaks - CDXXXII
76392 8/28/2006 15:24 06MADRID2138 Embassy Madrid UNCLASSIFIED 06SECSTATE139903 VZCZCXRO3067 OO RUEHAG RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHKUK RUEHLZ DE RUEHMD #2138 2401524 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 281524Z AUG 06 FM AMEMBASSY MADRID TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0593 INFO RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE RUEHAD/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI 0112 RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN 0104 RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0244 RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS 0285 RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 0654 RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 0563 RUEHSW/AMEMBASSY BERN 2893 RUEHSL/AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA 0133 RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 4859 RUEHBM/AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST 1384 RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 0052 RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 0076 RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 0841 RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN 4812 RUEHDO/AMEMBASSY DOHA 0176 RUEHDL/AMEMBASSY DUBLIN 0110 RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI 1488 RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT 0114 RUEHLI/AMEMBASSY LISBON 1626 RUEHLJ/AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 0226 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0744 RUEHLE/AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG 1596 RUEHMK/AMEMBASSY MANAMA 0210 RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 0767 RUEHNC/AMEMBASSY NICOSIA 1288 RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO 2420 RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 2693 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 1152 RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE 1027 RUEHRB/AMEMBASSY RABAT 5968 RUEHRK/AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK 0020 RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH 0179 RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 1902 RUEHSF/AMEMBASSY SOFIA 0716 RUEHTL/AMEMBASSY TALLINN 0102 RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 2404 RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 7205 RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 0652 RUEHVT/AMEMBASSY VALLETTA 0567 RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA 0539 RUEHVL/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS 0098 RUEHWR/AMEMBASSY WARSAW 0110 RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 0110 RUEHLA/AMCONSUL BARCELONA 2027 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0197 UNCLAS MADRID 002138
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE AND EUR/ERA (COOPER)
E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID, PREL, LE, SW, SP SUBJECT: SPANISH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
REF: SECSTATE 139903
1. ECONOFF made reftel points August 25 to Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) officials Maria Eugenia Martin and Antonio Garcia Ferrer, urging Spain to provide significant amounts of humanitarian assistance to Lebanon. Eugenia Martin and Garcia Ferrer told ECONOFF that Spain's delegation to the August 31 Stockholm Conference would be led by Foreign Minister Moratinos and AECI Secretary General Juan Pablo Delaiglesia. They indicated that Spain has provided four million euros of assistance to Lebanon since the outbreak of war. The monies were disbursed via the following organizations:
-- WFP - 500,000 euros -- UNHCR - 800,000 euros -- UNICEF - 800,000 euros -- International Red Cross - 1,000,000 euros -- Lebanese NGO Arc en Ciel - 400,000 euros -- Lebanese NGO Development Action Without Borders - 100,000 euros -- City of Saida - 400,000 euros
2. Eugenia Martin and Garcia Ferrer also said that Spain sent a plane load of medicines that went to the Lebanese Ministry of Health and the City of Saida. (Note - the value of these medicines likely explains the difference between the four million euro figure mentioned by AECI contacts in Madrid and the 4,115,000 euro figure for Spanish assistance cited in European Commission documents. End Note.)
3. ESTHOFF contacted Ferrer August 28, who confirmed that the above information remained accurate. Ferrer indicated that Foreign Minister Moratinos would announce a "significant" new contribution to Lebanon at the August 31 Stockholm conference. AGUIRRE
