US embassy cable - 04DUBLIN1244

UNCLAS DUBLIN 001244 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, PGOV, PREL 
SUBJECT: IRELAND SUPPORTS OCVR IN IRAN AND WILL PUSH FOR 
QUICK DISBURSMENT OF AFGHAN ELECTION FUNDS 
 
REF: A. STATE 179808 
 
 B. STATE 180351 
 
1.  Emboff, delivering reftel points A and B, spoke on 
August 23 to Cliona Manahan, Department of Foreign Affairs 
(DFA) Director of the Asia and Pacific Section.  Regarding 
Out of Country Voting and Registration (OCVR) for the 
Afghan presidential elections (reftel A), Manahan stated 
the GOI had similar concerns about Afghan refugees voting 
in Iran.  She said she would share our reftel points with 
Tony Mannix, the DFA's Middle East director (presently on 
leave), and then instruct the Irish Embassy in Tehran to 
monitor the situation and elicit cooperation from the 
Iranian Government.  Manahan agreed to discuss the matter 
further with Emboff once she gets an update on the 
situation from the Irish embassy in Tehran. 
 
2.  Regarding funding for the Afghan presidential election 
(reftel B), Manahan stated that the GOI did disburse its 
contribution to the United Nations Development Program 
(UNDP) and, as a result of our demarche, will direct the 
Irish mission to the UN to keep in close contact with the 
UNDP to make sure the money is disbursed with as little 
bureaucratic delay as possible. 
KENNY