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| Identifier: | 05BRUSSELS1527 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 05BRUSSELS1527 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Brussels |
| Created: | 2005-04-18 12:46:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Tags: | PREL EAID AF UNSC USEU BRUSSELS |
| 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 BRUSSELS 001527 SIPDIS USAID FOR ANE/SA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL, EAID, AF, UNSC, USEU BRUSSELS SUBJECT: EC WILL SPEND 8.5M EUROS ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS REF: STATE 61560 1. (U) On April 18, PolOff delivered Reftel demarche on funding for Afghanistan's parliamentary elections to Jonathan Hatwell, European Commission (EC) desk officer for Afghanistan. Hatwell reiterated that the EC "fully shares the U.S. view on the importance of the parliamentary elections," and confirmed the EC is planning to spend 8.5 million Euros - approximately $11 million - on the elections, as previously committed. (NOTE: This number is slightly less than the amount stated in Reftel. END NOTE.). He said he thinks it unlikely this number will increase, since the EC is already making significant contributions to democracy building in other areas. 2. (U) Specifically, he mentioned the EC's plan to send some sort of election monitoring mission to Afghanistan for the elections, a commitment of both resources and personnel. This monitoring mission would either take the form of the EU's standard "Election Observation Mission" (EOM) package, usually headed by a Member of the European Parliament, or it could be a smaller and more low-key "Democracy and Election Support Mission" (DESM), along the lines of the team the EU sent to monitor Afghanistan's presidential elections. The EC is expected to decide in the next week or two which package it will send. 3. (U) Hatwell also mentioned the EC's commitment to post-election democracy-building efforts. Such commitments include a contribution to a UNDP/French project to train parliamentarians, and a recently-announced 30-million-Euro contribution to the UNDP'S Law & Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA). These contributions all come from the same pot of money, Hatwell said, and allocating more money for elections would mean shortchanging other areas such as infrastructure and health. Hatwell had no specific details on member state contributions for the elections. SCHNABEL .
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