US embassy cable - 05HELSINKI1165

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FINLAND OFFERS TO SEND FOUR SHORT-TERM ELECTION OBSERVERS TO HAITI

Identifier: 05HELSINKI1165
Wikileaks: View 05HELSINKI1165 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Helsinki
Created: 2005-11-02 06:06:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EAID EFIN HA FI EUN Humanitarian Assistance
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 HELSINKI 001165 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EB/IFD/OFD, EUR/WE, AND WHA/CAR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, EFIN, HA, FI, EUN, Humanitarian Assistance 
SUBJECT: FINLAND OFFERS TO SEND FOUR SHORT-TERM ELECTION 
OBSERVERS TO HAITI 
 
REF: SECSTATE 155313 
 
1. On August 25 post delivered reftel talking points to 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for America and 
Asia Haiti desk officer Veikko Soralahti, North America 
Unit Counselor Anna Wickstrom-Noejgaard, and to the Unit 
for Humanitarian Assistance, urging Finland to use its 
voice in EU meetings to facilitate the reprogramming of EU 
funds to help meet Haiti's first half FY06 financing gap. 
Soralahti reported that Finland was working to unblock USD 
87 million in development aid for Haiti, and support the 
Haitian Government's push towards democratization and good 
governance and the holding of legislative elections. 
 
2. Soralahti, subsequently reported the success of the 
collective efforts to unblock the funds and added that 
Finland has now offered the EU to send four short term 
election observers to Haiti. All four Finns are fluent 
French speakers, Soralahti added. 
 
WERDERMAN 

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