US embassy cable - 05ATHENS659

UNCLAS ATHENS 000659 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EB/ODF/DE MARCELLUS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, ECON, EFIN, IZ 
SUBJECT: GREECE:  RECONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS TO IRAQ 
 
REF: STATE 36580 
 
1.  Per reftel request, the MFA has provided us with the 
following data on the GoG's Iraq reconstruction disbursements 
to date. (All of GoG's official reconstruction funds are 
disbursed through UN agencies or Greek NGOs operating in 
Iraq.) 
 
2.  Under the category of "Development Assistance": 
 
A) Two million euros in technical assistance for demining in 
southern Iraq. 
 
B) 330,000 euros for the upgrade of the Baghdad Pediatrics 
Clinic and a computer training center at the University of 
Baghdad. 
 
C) 75,000 euros for medical equipment to maternity centers 
(in cooperation the Iraqi organization "Al Amal" in Erbil). 
 
D) 225,000 euros for the establishment of a Greek center for 
supporting orphans and children wounded during the Iraq 
conflict. 
 
E) 50,000 euros to the "International Crisis Group" for 
organizing seminars and exhibits on the theme of "Restoring 
Peace to Iraq." 
 
3.  Under the category of "Humanitarian Assistance": 
 
A) 1.5 million euros in humanitarian assistance to UN relief 
agencies. 
 
B) 175,090 euros for equipping emergency rescue teams and 
mobile medical units. 
 
C) 510,000 euros to "Doctors of the World" for humanitarian 
and medical assistance. 
 
D) 516,000 euros to the Greek NGO "European Perspective" for 
setting up a distribution network in Iraq for emergency 
humanitarian assistance. 
 
E) 100,000 euros to IOCC (International Orthodox Christian 
Charity) for humanitarian assistance. 
 
F) 78,000 euros to the Greek Red Cross for humanitarian and 
medical assistance. 
 
G) 40,000 euros to the NGO "One Earth" for assuring the 
supply of potable drinking water to various areas of Iraq. 
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