US embassy cable - 04MANAMA1472

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BAHRAIN: POLIO ERADICATION

Identifier: 04MANAMA1472
Wikileaks: View 04MANAMA1472 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Manama
Created: 2004-09-26 13:13:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: TBIO KSCA BA ISCON WHO UNICEF
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.

UNCLAS MANAMA 001472 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO, KSCA, BA, ISCON, WHO, UNICEF 
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN:  POLIO ERADICATION 
 
REF: STATE 201674 
 
Sensitive but unclassified (Deliberative Process); please 
protect accordingly.  Not for Internet distribution. 
 
 
1.  (SBU)  Pol/Econ chief September 21 delivered reftel 
talking points, non-paper, and OIC resolutions regarding the 
Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) to MFA Director for 
Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al-Umran.  Al-Umran understood the 
connection between the PEI and the Organization of Islamic 
Conferences, but said that Bahrain, unlike many of the other 
members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, had limited 
financial resources and was unable to provide funding for the 
WHO/UNICEF polio eradication initiative.  He noted, however, 
that Rotary International had taken on polio eradication as a 
global community service project.  As a member of the Rotary 
in Bahrain, he said he would raise the issue at the next 
meeting to see if the Rotary in Bahrain might be able to 
assist in some way. 
 
MONROE 

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