US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE462

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IRAQ: UPDATE ON DUTCH MADRID PLEDGES AND ABU DHABI MEETING PARTICIPATION

Identifier: 04THEHAGUE462
Wikileaks: View 04THEHAGUE462 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy The Hague
Created: 2004-02-23 15:22:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: EAID ECON EFIN IZ
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

231522Z Feb 04
UNCLAS THE HAGUE 000462 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
EUR/UBI 
EB/IR FOR M.KISSEL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, ECON, EFIN, IZ 
SUBJECT: IRAQ:  UPDATE ON DUTCH MADRID PLEDGES AND ABU 
DHABI MEETING PARTICIPATION 
 
REF: A. STATE 31782 
 
     B. STATE 38288 
 
Madrid Pledges Not Yet Fulfilled 
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1.     (SBU) The Dutch have not yet delivered their EUR 10 
million Madrid pledges but are in the process of doing so. 
They expect to release EUR 5 million to the UN/World Bank 
Trust fund in April 2004.  The other EUR 5 million, which was 
pledged for humanitarian assistance, is expected to be 
dispersed via Dutch and international NGOs before the summer. 
 This information comes from Ms. Hagar Ligtvoet of the MFA's 
Peacebuilding and Good Governance Division.  The message from 
the MFA continues to be that the Netherlands does not plan to 
contribute ODA funds to Iraq in the future.  Contributions 
will be limited to humanitarian assistance and small 
reconstruction activities related to the Dutch military 
mission in Al-Muthana. 
 
Dutch Presence at Abu Dhabi Meeting 
----------------------------------- 
2.     (U) The Dutch have not yet announced whom they will 
send to the Feb. 28-29 Abu Dhabi meeting (ref B) but Iraq 
desk officer Josephine Frantzen predicts it will be someone 
from the Dutch embassy in the UAE. 
SOBEL 

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