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| Identifier: | 05AMMAN2130 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 05AMMAN2130 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Amman |
| Created: | 2005-03-14 16:21:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY |
| Tags: | PREF JO UNRWA |
| 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. 141621Z Mar 05
UNCLAS AMMAN 002130
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR PRM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREF, JO, UNRWA
SUBJECT: UNRWA'S PROJECTED OUT-YEAR BUDGET REQUIREMENTS
REF: STATE 35223
1. (SBU) UNRWA has provided the following budget projection
in response to ref A request for estimated 2006-2007 funding
requirements:
UNRWA 2006-2007 ESTIMATED BIENNIUM BUDGET
(IN MILLIONS USD)
===========================================
2006 2007
Regular Budget 390.0 406.8
(General Fund)
Medium Term Plan 55.2 51.5
(Recurrent Costs)
Medium Term Plan 183.0 170.2
(Project Costs)
Emergency Appeals 200.0 200.0
GRAND TOTAL 828.2 828.5
UNRWA NOTATION: Emergency Appeal requirements could be
reduced to USD 100 million per year if the situation is
normalized. The USD 100 million will be needed to cater to
the residual effects of the intifada (i.e., housing and the
gradual phase-out of food and employment programs.) END
UNRWA NOTATION.
ASSESSMENT
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2. (SBU) We expect UNRWA to refine its Medium Term Plan (MTP)
requirements significantly between now and August, when the
agency submits its "blue book" to New York for approval.
According to UNRWA Comptroller Ramadan Alomari, UNRWA is just
starting to develop criteria to prioritize (and cost) the new
programs and capital investments called for in the five-year
development plan. (Alomari conceded that the overall price
tag of USD 1.1 billion that UNRWA attached to the MTP at its
February 28 launch was "highly provisional.") Because hiring
additional teachers and doctors is "already emerging as a
clear MTP program priority," Alomari was confident the
agency's projected 2006-2007 MTP recurrent budget
requirements are on target. However, he predicted that UNRWA
would lower its projected 2006-2007 MTP capital (project
budget) requirements by as much as USD 100 million per year,
explaining that the agency is debating paring down its list
of unfunded MTP projects to a smaller list of projects "that
total between USD 50-75 million annually" to focus donors on
high priority needs. (NOTE: UNRWA has not shared its MTP
implementation plan. We hope it will outline its top
priorities at a briefing the agency is preparing to give on
its draft 2006-2007 budget narrative scheduled in Amman March
17. END NOTE.)
HENZEL
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