US embassy cable - 04ABUDHABI1880

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UAE AND REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR DARFUR

Identifier: 04ABUDHABI1880
Wikileaks: View 04ABUDHABI1880 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2004-06-07 13:12:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL EAID PHUM TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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Cable 
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CONFIDENTIAL

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                            June 07, 2004


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1880 - PRIORITY)        

TAGS:     PREL, EAID, PHUM                                       

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  UAE AND REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR DARFUR    

Ref:      None                                                   
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C O N F I D E N T I A L        ABU DHABI 01880

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: POL 
    INFO:   AMB DCM P/M ECON RSO 

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: A/DCM:HOLSIN-WINDECK
DRAFTED: POL:JFMAYBURY
CLEARED: NONE

VZCZCADI922
PP RUEHC RUCNDT RUEHKH
DE RUEHAD #1880 1591312
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 071312Z JUN 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4657
INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1190
RUEHKH/AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM PRIORITY 0005
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 001880 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: 06/06/09 
TAGS: PREL, EAID, PHUM, TC 
SUBJECT: UAE AND REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR 
DARFUR 
 
REF: STATE 122317 
 
(U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission 
Hilary Olsin-Windecker, reasons 1.5 (b) and (d) 
 
1. (C) Post discussed reftel points with UAE Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs Director for Arabian Affairs 
Mohamed Ateeq Bandouq Al-Qumzi on June 7.  Al-Qumzi 
told Polchief that he appreciated the information and 
noted that the UAEG had already taken several measures 
to respond to the Darfur crisis.  He said the UAEG 
would continue to look at ways to assist the thousands 
of people in Darfur who are at risk, and he did not 
exclude further diplomatic and humanitarian 
intervention. 
 
2. (C) Al-Qumzi said that Deputy Prime Minister and 
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan 
bin Zayed Al-Nahyan told a visiting delegation from 
the Sudan on June 7 about the UAE's ongoing 
humanitarian assistance to Darfur, and urged the 
Government of Sudan to end its support for the militia 
that are terrorizing the population in Darfur.  The 
Sudanese delegation reportedly told Shaykh Hamdan that 
the GOS knows that Sudanese opposition political 
figure Hassan Al-Turabi is behind the militia and the 
situation is "under control." 
 
3. (U) The UAE Red Crescent Authority has spearheaded 
efforts to assist the displaced in Darfur, with 
aircraft carrying 300 tents and 1,500 blankets to the 
region, according to local press reports.  RCA is 
working with UNICEF on a child immunization campaign 
targeting killer diseases.  The Sharjah Charity 
Organization has sent medical and food relief to 
Darfur as well.  The Mohamed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum 
Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation has signed a 
joint cooperation agreement among charitable 
organizations in the UAE and their Sudanese 
counterparts for the purpose of aiding Darfur.  The 
MbR foundation is providing education services to the 
displaced, as well as food aid and help with 
rehabilitating the region's infrastructure.  Al-Qumzi 
of the MFA said that he has requested and is awaiting 
comprehensive information about aid to Darfur from 
RCA.  Total UAE relief assistance to the Sudan in 
recent years has reached USD 3.7 million, according to 
press reports. 
WAHBA 

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