US embassy cable - 04MADRID2636

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SPAIN SUPPORTS EU PRESSURE ON DARFUR, INCREASES AID

Identifier: 04MADRID2636
Wikileaks: View 04MADRID2636 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Madrid
Created: 2004-07-12 15:48:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL PHUM EAID SP UNSC
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.


 
C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002636 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/09/2014 
TAGS: PREL, PHUM, EAID, SP, UNSC 
SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS EU PRESSURE ON DARFUR, INCREASES AID 
 
REF: STATE 145183 
 
Classified By: KATHLEEN M. FITZPATRICK.  REASONS 1.4 B/D 
 
1. (C)  We delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officer for 
sub-Saharan Africa Nuria Reigosa and the Spanish Agency for 
International Development Secretary General,s Head of 
Cabinet Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio regarding the 
imminent crisis in Darfur.  Reigosa told us that at the July 
12-14 EU Foreign Ministers meeting, Spain would support a 
tougher EU position condemning violence in Darfur, pressing 
the government of Sudan to disarm militias, and calling for 
unfettered humanitarian access to internally displaced 
persons. 
 
2. (C)  The Government of Spain also approved on July 8 a new 
grant of EUR 1.15 million (USD 1.43 million) for emergency 
humanitarian assistance in Darfur.  The World Food Program 
will receive EUR 400 thousand (USD 496 thousand) with the 
remainder going to NGOs active in the region.  These funds 
are in addition to the EUR 880 thousand (USD 1.10 million) 
that Spain pledged at the June 3 Geneva conference. 
MANZANARES 

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